A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Symptoms and Signs Before the Onset of Psychosis.

CONCLUSIONS: In 18- to 21-year-olds, the presence of psychotic symptoms was associated with later hospitalization for a nonaffective psychotic disorder. However, the low positive predictive values of symptoms elicited in primary mental health care settings suggest that symptoms alone are not useful in predicting later hospitalization for nonaffective psychotic disorder. PMID: 29179579 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - November 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Livny A, Reichenberg A, Fruchter E, Yoffe R, Goldberg S, Fenchel D, Burshtein S, Bachar E, Davidson M, Weiser M Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research