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Lorenzo Pelizza1,2, Emanuela Leuci2, Emanuela Quattrone2
1Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna (BO), Italy.
Abstract:
Disorganization is under-treated in early psychosis. We aimed at exploring clinical factors potentially improving disorganization in individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) across 2 years of follow-up. About 180 participants completed the GAF and the PANSS. Longitudinally, 111 (61.7%) individuals had a decrease in disorganization. Significant associations of this improvement were with shorter duration of untreated illness, higher improvement in negative symptoms, and antipsychotic prescription.
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