PMID- 29104547
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1664-0640 (Print)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2017
TI  - Systemic Therapy for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Pilot Study.
PG  - 211
LID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00211 [doi]
LID - 211
AB  - Psychosocial intervention trials for youth at clinical high risk (CHR) for 
      psychosis have shown promising effects on treating psychotic symptoms but have 
      not focused on psychosocial functional outcomes, and those studies have been 
      conducted among help-seeking patients; there is a lack of research on 
      non-clinical young CHR individuals. Systemic therapy (ST) is grounded in 
      systemic-constructivist and psychosocial resilience theories. It has a number of 
      advantages that makes it attractive for use with CHR individuals in non-clinical 
      context. The present study evaluated the effect of ST for students at CHR on 
      reducing symptoms and enhancing psychosocial function. This was a single-blind 
      randomized controlled trial for CHR young people comparing ST to supportive 
      therapy with a 6-month treatment. Psychotic and depressive symptoms (DS) as well 
      as self-esteem and social support (SS) were assessed at pre- and posttreatment. 
      26 CHR individuals were randomly divided into intervention group (n = 13) and 
      control group (n = 13). There were no significant differences in severity of 
      symptoms, level of SS and self-esteem at baseline between the two groups 
      (P > 0.05). At posttreatment, significant improvements in positive and DS as well 
      as SS and self-esteem were observed in the ST group (P < 0.05); in the control 
      group, these improvements were not significant (P > 0.05). The findings indicated 
      that systemic intervention for university students at CHR for psychosis may have 
      a positive effect on symptoms and self-esteem as well as SS in short term. More 
      long-term research is needed to further evaluate this intervention.
FAU - Shi, Jingyu
AU  - Shi J
AD  - East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Wang, Lu
AU  - Wang L
AD  - East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Yao, Yuhong
AU  - Yao Y
AD  - Students Counseling Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Zhan, Chenyu
AU  - Zhan C
AD  - East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Su, Na
AU  - Su N
AD  - School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Zhao, Xudong
AU  - Zhao X
AD  - East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171020
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychiatry
JT  - Frontiers in psychiatry
JID - 101545006
PMC - PMC5655006
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - clinical high risk
OT  - intervention
OT  - psychosis
OT  - systemic therapy
OT  - youth
EDAT- 2017/11/07 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/07 06:01
PMCR- 2017/10/20
CRDT- 2017/11/07 06:00
PHST- 2017/06/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/10/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/11/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/11/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00211 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychiatry. 2017 Oct 20;8:211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00211. eCollection 
      2017.