Formal Thought Disorder in First-Episode Psychosis

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is one of the fundamental symptom clusters of schizophrenia and it was found to be the strongest predictor determining conversion from first-episode acute transient psychotic disorder to schizophrenia. Our goal in the present study was to compare a first-episode psychosis (FEP) sample to a healthy control group in relation to subtypes of FTD.Fifty six patients aged between 15 and 45 with FEP and forty five control subjects were included in the study. All the patients were under medication for less than six weeks or drug-naive.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research