PMID- 37362552 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230701 IS - 2632-7899 (Electronic) IS - 2632-7899 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan TI - Negative Symptom Trajectories in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Differences Based on Deficit Syndrome, Persistence, and Transition Status. PG - sgad014 LID - 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad014 [doi] LID - sgad014 AB - BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Negative symptom trajectory in clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis is ill defined. This study aimed to better characterize longitudinal patterns of change in negative symptoms, moderators of change, and differences in trajectories according to clinical subgroups. We hypothesized that negative symptom course will be nonlinear in CHR. Clinical subgroups known to be more severe variants of psychotic illness-deficit syndrome (DS), persistent negative syndrome (PNS), and acute psychosis onset-were expected to show more severe baseline symptoms, slower rates of change, and less stable rates of symptom resolution. STUDY DESIGN: Linear, curvilinear, and stepwise growth curve models, with and without moderators, were fitted to negative symptom ratings from the NAPLS-3 CHR dataset (N = 699) and within clinical subgroups. STUDY RESULTS: Negative symptoms followed a downward curvilinear trend, with marked improvement 0-6 months that subsequently stabilized (6-24 months), particularly among those with lower IQ and functioning. Clinical subgroups had higher baseline ratings, but distinct symptom courses; DS vs non-DS: more rapid initial improvement, similar stability of improvements; PNS vs non-PNS: similar rates of initial improvement and stability; transition vs no transition: slower rate of initial improvement, with greater stability of this rate. CONCLUSIONS: Continuous, frequent monitoring of negative symptoms in CHR is justified by 2 important study implications: (1) The initial 6 months of CHR program enrollment may be a key window for improving negative symptoms as less improvement is likely afterwards, (2) Early identification of clinical subgroups may inform distinct negative symptom trajectories and treatment needs. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Maryland's school of medicine, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. FAU - Tran, Tanya AU - Tran T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6303-8394 AD - Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. FAU - Spilka, Michael J AU - Spilka MJ AD - Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. FAU - Raugh, Ian M AU - Raugh IM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4981-2395 AD - Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. FAU - Strauss, Gregory P AU - Strauss GP AD - Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. FAU - Bearden, Carrie E AU - Bearden CE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8516-923X AD - Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Cadenhead, Kristin S AU - Cadenhead KS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5952-4605 AD - Department of Psychiatry, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Cannon, Tyrone D AU - Cannon TD AD - Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Cornblatt, Barbara A AU - Cornblatt BA AD - Department of Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Long Island, NY, USA. FAU - Keshavan, Matcheri AU - Keshavan M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Mathalon, Daniel H AU - Mathalon DH AD - Department of Psychiatry, UCSF, and SFVA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - McGlashan, Thomas H AU - McGlashan TH AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Perkins, Diana O AU - Perkins DO AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. FAU - Seidman, Larry J AU - Seidman LJ AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Stone, William S AU - Stone WS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2932-7288 AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Tsuang, Ming T AU - Tsuang MT AD - Department of Psychiatry, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA. AD - Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA. FAU - Walker, Elaine F AU - Walker EF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9798-8101 AD - Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. AD - Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. FAU - Woods, Scott W AU - Woods SW AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Addington, Jean M AU - Addington JM AD - Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230601 PL - United States TA - Schizophr Bull Open JT - Schizophrenia bulletin open JID - 101770329 PMC - PMC10287168 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cognition OT - functioning OT - growth curve analysis OT - symptom course EDAT- 2023/06/26 19:07 MHDA- 2023/06/26 19:08 PMCR- 2023/06/01 CRDT- 2023/06/26 13:07 PHST- 2023/06/26 19:08 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/26 19:07 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/26 13:07 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sgad014 [pii] AID - 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad014 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Schizophr Bull Open. 2023 Jun 1;4(1):sgad014. doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad014. eCollection 2023 Jan.