Pre-onset risk characteristics for mania among young people at clinical high risk for psychosis

Psychosis and mania share conceptual, genetic and clinical features, which suggest the possibility that they have common antecedents. Participants identified to be at-risk for psychosis might also be at-risk for mania. We aimed to identify the rate and predictors of transition to mania in a cohort of youth with clinical or familial risk for psychosis.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aswin Ratheesh, Susan M. Cotton, Christopher G. Davey, Ashleigh Lin, Stephen Wood, Hok Pan Yuen, Andreas Bechdolf, Patrick D. McGorry, Alison Yung, Michael Berk, Barnaby Nelson Source Type: research