PMID- 27866482 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171128 LR - 20191210 IS - 1469-8978 (Electronic) IS - 0033-2917 (Print) IS - 0033-2917 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Mar TI - Insight as a social identity process in the evolution of psychosocial functioning in the early phase of psychosis. PG - 718-729 LID - 10.1017/S0033291716002506 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Awareness of illness (insight) has been found to have contradictory effects for different functional outcomes after the early course of psychosis. Whereas it is related to psychotic symptom reduction and medication adherence, it is also associated with increased depressive symptoms. In this line, the specific effects of insight on the evolution of functioning over time have not been identified, and social indicators, such as socio-occupational functioning have barely been considered. Drawing from social identity theory we investigated the impact of insight on the development of psychosocial outcomes and the interactions of these variables over time. METHOD: The participants, 240 patients in early phase of psychosis from the Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP) of the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland, were assessed at eight time points over 3 years. Cross-lagged panel analyses and multilevel analyses were conducted on socio-occupational and general functioning [Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS) and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)] with insight, time and depressive symptoms as independent variables. RESULTS: Results from multilevel analyses point to an overall positive impact of insight on psychosocial functioning, which increases over time. Yet the cross-lagged panel analysis did not reveal a systematic positive and causal effect of insight on SOFAS and GAF scores. Depressive symptoms seem only to be relevant in the beginning of the treatment process. CONCLUSIONS: Our results point to a complex process in which the positive impact of insight on psychosocial functioning increases over time, even when considering depressive symptoms. Future studies and treatment approaches should consider the procedural aspect of insight. FAU - Klaas, H S AU - Klaas HS AD - Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (LINES), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne,Switzerland. FAU - Clemence, A AU - Clemence A AD - Psychology Institute, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne,Lausanne,Switzerland. FAU - Marion-Veyron, R AU - Marion-Veyron R AD - Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Departement de Psychiatrie Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Universite de Lausanne,Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly,Switzerland. FAU - Antonietti, J-P AU - Antonietti JP AD - Psychology Institute, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne,Lausanne,Switzerland. FAU - Alameda, L AU - Alameda L AD - Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Departement de Psychiatrie Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Universite de Lausanne,Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly,Switzerland. FAU - Golay, P AU - Golay P AD - Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Departement de Psychiatrie Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Universite de Lausanne,Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly,Switzerland. FAU - Conus, P AU - Conus P AD - Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Departement de Psychiatrie Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Universite de Lausanne,Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly,Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161121 PL - England TA - Psychol Med JT - Psychological medicine JID - 1254142 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - *Awareness MH - Depression/*psychology/therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - *Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - Psychotic Disorders/*psychology/therapy MH - *Self Concept MH - *Social Identification MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC5426321 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Early phase of psychosis OT - TIPP OT - insight OT - schizophrenia OT - social functioning OT - social identity EDAT- 2016/11/22 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00 PMCR- 2017/05/11 CRDT- 2016/11/22 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0033291716002506 [pii] AID - 00250 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S0033291716002506 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychol Med. 2017 Mar;47(4):718-729. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716002506. Epub 2016 Nov 21.