Psychometric properties of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a first-episode psychosis sample.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
César González-Blanch ◽  
Leonardo A. Medrano ◽  
Shaunagh O'Sullivan ◽  
Imogen Bell ◽  
Jennifer Nicholas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

scholarly journals Assessing apathy: The use of the Apathy Evaluation Scale in first episode psychosis

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Faerden ◽  
Ragnar Nesvåg ◽  
Elizabeth Ann Barrett ◽  
Ingrid Agartz ◽  
Arnstein Finset ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
Syndrome Scale ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Negative Syndrome ◽  
Main Factor

AbstractBackgroundRecently there has been a renewed interest in defining the boundaries and subdomains of the negative syndrome in schizophrenia and new scales have been asked for. Apathy is one of the symptoms in focus. The Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) with its clinical version (AES-C) is one of the most used scales in an interdisciplinary context, but it has never previously been used in a population with first episode psychosis. The main aims of this study were to examine the psychometric properties of the AES-C and its relationship to the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).MethodsA total of 104 patients with first episode psychosis from the ongoing Thematic Organized Psychosis Research (TOP) study were included.ResultsA factor analysis of the AES-C identified three subscales: Apathy, Insight and Social Contacts. Only the Apathy subscale showed satisfactory psychometric properties and showed acceptable convergent and discriminate properties by correlating strongly with the apathy-related items of the PANSS.ConclusionsThis study shows that the AES-C measures more than one dimension. The main factor, the Apathy subscale, can however be used to assess apathy in first episode psychosis patients in the ongoing work of refining the subdomains of the negative syndrome.

Assessment of Social Anxiety in First Episode Psychosis using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety scale as a Self-report Measure

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.L. Romm ◽  
J.I. Rossberg ◽  
A.O. Berg ◽  
C.F. Hansen ◽  
O.A. Andreassen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

AbstractObjectiveSocial anxiety is a common problem in psychotic disorders. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating version (LSAS-SR) is a widely used instrument to capture different aspects of social anxiety, but its psychometric properties have not been tested in this patient group. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR in patients with first episode psychosis, to investigate whether it differentiated between active and passive social withdrawal and to test which clinical factors contributed to current level of social anxiety.MethodA total of 144 first episode psychosis patients from the ongoing Thematically Organized Psychosis (TOP) study were included at the time of first treatment. Diagnoses were set according to the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-1) for DSM-IV. A factor analysis was carried out and the relationship of social anxiety to psychotic and general symptomatology measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was evaluated. Possible contributors to social anxiety were analyzed using multiple hierarchic regression analysis.ResultsThe factor analysis identified three subscales: public performance, social interaction and observation. All three subscales showed satisfactory psychometric properties, acceptable convergent and discriminate properties, and confirmed previous findings in social anxiety samples. Self-esteem explained a significant amount of the variance in social anxiety, even after adjusting for the effects of delusions, suspiciousness and depression.ConclusionThe study shows that the LSAS-SR can be used in this patient group, that social anxiety is strongly related to both behavioral social avoidance and to self-esteem. The results support the use of this measure in assessment of social anxiety in both clinical settings and in research.

Gender differences in response to metacognitive training in people with first-episode psychosis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Salas-Sender ◽  
Raquel López-Carrilero ◽  
Ana Barajas ◽  
Esther Lorente-Rovira ◽  
Esther Pousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Metacognitive Training ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Cognitive clusters in first-episode psychosis: Overlap with healthy controls and relationship to concurrent and prospective symptoms and functioning.

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 787-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Uren ◽  
Susan M. Cotton ◽  
Eoin Killackey ◽  
Michael M. Saling ◽  
Kelly Allott
Keyword(s):  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Improving outcomes: Factors influencing help-seeking behaviors in immigrants and ethnic minorities with first-episode psychosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
A. O. Berg ◽  
K. Leopold ◽  
S. Zarafonitis-Müller ◽  
M. Nerhus ◽  
L. H. Stouten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Service Use ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Pathways To Care ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
The Hague

Summary Background: Immigrants have increased risk of a poor recovery from first episode psychosis (FEP). Early treatment can improve prognosis, but having an immigrant background may influence pathways to care. Method: We present research of service use and factors influencing treatment outcome in immigrants with FEP. Service use was assessed in in-patients at an early intervention center in Berlin, Germany. Duration of untreated psychosis and beliefs about illness was assessed in a FEP study in Oslo, Norway and cognitive functioning in patients with FEP schizophrenia from the regular mental health services in The Hague, the Netherlands. The proportion of immigrants in Berlin and Oslo was at level with the local populations, while the proportion in The Hague appeared to be higher. Result: There were clear indications that mental health literacy, probably based in different cultural expectations, were lower in first generation immigrants (FGI). Findings regarding clinical insight were ambiguous. There were also indications that FGI had more cognitive problems, based in higher stress levels or in cognitive styles. Early psychosis services must take issues of immigration and ethnicity into consideration.

Aripiprazole-Induced Hypoprolactinemia in an Adult Male with First-Episode Psychosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alanna J. Propst ◽  
G. Eric Jarvis ◽  
Howard C. Margolese
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Social Cognitive Markers of Short-Term Clinical Outcome in First-Episode Psychosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Montreuil ◽  
Michael Bodnar ◽  
Marie-Claude Bertrand ◽  
Ashok Malla ◽  
Ridha Joober ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cognitive Markers ◽  
Episode Psychosis
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