PMID- 10775044
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000614
LR  - 20190723
IS  - 0021-9762 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9762 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000 Apr
TI  - Object relations and reality testing in early- and late-onset schizophrenia.
PG  - 505-17
AB  - One hundred fifty-seven U.S. military veterans with schizophrenia were divided 
      into early-onset (i.e., onset at age 20 or before, n = 36) and late-onset (i.e., 
      onset after age 30, n = 28) groups and completed the Bell Object Relations and 
      Reality Testing Inventory (BORRTI), the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, and 
      several representative neuropsychological instruments. Participants were compared 
      on background characteristics and test measures. The early-onset group 
      demonstrated significantly more object-relations and reality-testing deficits 
      than the late-onset group. In contrast, no significant group differences were 
      found on symptom or neuropsychological variables. An a posteriori three-group 
      analysis that included the middle age of onset group (i.e., ages 21 to 30) found 
      that the middle group had mean values that fell between early- and late-onset 
      groups on most variables. No distinct patterns of BORRTI subscale scores 
      distinguished the middle group. The finding that object-relations and 
      reality-testing deficits are more pronounced in early-onset schizophrenia has 
      implications for the treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenia.
FAU - Greig, T C
AU  - Greig TC
AD  - Psychology Service, VA CT Medical Center, West Haven 06516, USA.
FAU - Bell, M D
AU  - Bell MD
FAU - Kaplan, E
AU  - Kaplan E
FAU - Bryson, G
AU  - Bryson G
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Psychol
JT  - Journal of clinical psychology
JID - 0217132
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Age of Onset
MH  - *Ego
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - *Object Attachment
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychoanalytic Interpretation
MH  - *Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - United States
MH  - Veterans
EDAT- 2000/04/25 09:00
MHDA- 2000/06/17 09:00
CRDT- 2000/04/25 09:00
PHST- 2000/04/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/06/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/04/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200004)56:4<505::AID-JCLP5>3.0.CO;2-B [pii]
AID - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(200004)56:4<505::aid-jclp5>3.0.co;2-b [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Psychol. 2000 Apr;56(4):505-17. doi: 
      10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(200004)56:4<505::aid-jclp5>3.0.co;2-b.