Evidence for benefits in comorbid psychopathy and schizophrenia

We read the article recently published by Sedgwick et al. (2017) with great interest. The authors used a prepulse inhibition (PPI) paradigm to compare the sensorimotor gating characteristics of violent men with diagnoses of both psychosis and dissocial personality disorder, violent men with psychosis alone, dissocial personality disorder alone, and healthy non-violent male controls. Interestingly, the results showed evidence for a ‘double dose’ of deficit, with the comorbid group showing the greatest impairment compared with the psychosis alone and healthy control groups.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Steven M. Gillespie, Ahmad M. Abu-Akel Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research