Social impairment and social language deficits in children and adolescents with and at risk for psychosis

One of the more debilitating functional outcomes of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders is social impairment. Previous studies have identified impaired social functioning both in the prodromal phase of psychosis and after acute symptoms abate, suggesting that social impairment represents a core deficit in psychosis not directly linked to psychotic episodes or symptom severity. To date, research in this area has focused primarily on adult populations rather than children, and has not directly assessed social language in individuals across the psychosis continuum.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - August 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eugene J. D'Angelo, Nicholas Morelli, Sarah Hope Lincoln, Kelsey Graber, Sahil Tembulkar, Alyssa Gaudet, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich Source Type: research