PMID- 32402605 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210617 LR - 20231114 IS - 1573-2509 (Electronic) IS - 0920-9964 (Print) IS - 0920-9964 (Linking) VI - 227 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Counterpoint. Early intervention for psychosis risk syndromes: Minimizing risk and maximizing benefit. PG - 10-17 LID - S0920-9964(20)30227-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.020 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Malhi et al. in this issue critique the clinical high risk (CHR) syndrome for psychosis. METHOD: Response to points of critique. RESULTS: We agree that inconsistency in CHR nomenclature should be minimized. We respectfully disagree on other points. In our view: a) individuals with CHR and their families need help, using existing interventions, even though we do not yet fully understand disease mechanisms; b) substantial progress has been made in identification of biomarkers; c) symptoms used to identify CHR are specific to psychotic illnesses; d) CHR diagnosis is not "extremely difficult"; e) the pattern of progression, although heterogenous, is discernible; f) "psychosis-like symptoms" are common but are not used to identify CHR; and g) on the point described as 'the real risk,' CHR diagnosis does not frequently cause harmful stigma. DISCUSSION: Malhi et al.'s arguments do not fairly characterize progress in the CHR field nor efforts to minimize stigma. That said, much work remains in areas of consistent nomenclature, mechanisms of disease, dissecting heterogeneity, and biomarkers. With regard to what the authors term the "real risk" of stigma associated with a CHR "label," however, our view is that avoiding words like "risk" and "psychosis" reinforces the stigma that both they and we mean to oppose. Moreover, patients and their families benefit from being given a term that describes what is happening to them. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Woods, Scott W AU - Woods SW AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: scott.woods@yale.edu. FAU - Bearden, Carrie E AU - Bearden CE AD - Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Department Psychology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. FAU - Sabb, Fred W AU - Sabb FW AD - Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA. FAU - Stone, William S AU - Stone WS AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China. FAU - Torous, John AU - Torous J AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Cornblatt, Barbara A AU - Cornblatt BA AD - Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY, USA. FAU - Perkins, Diana O AU - Perkins DO AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. FAU - Cadenhead, Kristin S AU - Cadenhead KS AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA. FAU - Addington, Jean AU - Addington J AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Powers, Albert R 3rd AU - Powers AR 3rd AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Mathalon, Daniel H AU - Mathalon DH AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA. FAU - Calkins, Monica E AU - Calkins ME AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. FAU - Wolf, Daniel H AU - Wolf DH AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. FAU - Corcoran, Cheryl M AU - Corcoran CM AD - Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Horton, Leslie E AU - Horton LE AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - Mittal, Vijay A AU - Mittal VA AD - Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. FAU - Schiffman, Jason AU - Schiffman J AD - Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. FAU - Ellman, Lauren M AU - Ellman LM AD - Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. FAU - Strauss, Gregory P AU - Strauss GP AD - Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. FAU - Mamah, Daniel AU - Mamah D AD - Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO, USA. FAU - Choi, Jimmy AU - Choi J AD - Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, CT, USA. FAU - Pearlson, Godfrey D AU - Pearlson GD AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, CT, USA. FAU - Shah, Jai L AU - Shah JL AD - Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Fusar-Poli, Paolo AU - Fusar-Poli P AD - Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, UK; Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. FAU - Arango, Celso AU - Arango C AD - Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. FAU - Perez, Jesus AU - Perez J AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK. FAU - Koutsouleris, Nikolaos AU - Koutsouleris N AD - Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. FAU - Wang, Jijun AU - Wang J AD - Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China. FAU - Kwon, Jun Soo AU - Kwon JS AD - Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea. FAU - Walsh, Barbara C AU - Walsh BC AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - McGlashan, Thomas H AU - McGlashan TH AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Hyman, Steven E AU - Hyman SE AD - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. FAU - Gur, Raquel E AU - Gur RE AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. FAU - Cannon, Tyrone D AU - Cannon TD AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Kane, John M AU - Kane JM AD - Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY, USA. FAU - Anticevic, Alan AU - Anticevic A AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. 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DEP - 20200510 PL - Netherlands TA - Schizophr Res JT - Schizophrenia research JID - 8804207 SB - IM CON - Schizophr Res. PMID: 32527679 MH - Humans MH - *Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis/therapy MH - Social Stigma MH - Syndrome PMC - PMC8218020 MID - NIHMS1593100 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autonomy OT - Beneficence OT - Biomarkers OT - Clinical high risk (CHR) OT - Psychosis OT - Stigma EDAT- 2020/05/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2020/05/14 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0920-9964(20)30227-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Schizophr Res. 2021 Jan;227:10-17. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.020. Epub 2020 May 10.