Three-Year Follow-Up Study Exploring Metacognition and Function in Individuals With First Episode Psychosis

Conclusion The present 3-year follow-up study was able to demonstrate that metacognitive ability at baseline significantly predicted improvement in functioning after 3 years, in FEP. This was independent of neurocognition, functional capacity, and negative symptoms. This study highlighted the importance of intervening early to enhance metacognitive ability over neurocognitive ability or functional capacity, in order to improve functioning later on, and to target interventions to improve functioning in those with poor metacognitive ability in the early stages of psychosis. Future studies should aim to replicate this within a larger sample. Ethics Statement Ethical and Health Research Authority approval was obtained through Camberwell St. Giles Research Ethics Committee (reference number: 17/LO/0055). All participants provided informed consent at first entry to the study and participants who gave consent to be re-contacted were contacted after the three-year period. Author Contributions AW, KG, and DF developed the hypotheses for the study. GD collected the baseline data and AW collected the follow-up data. AW produced the manuscript with reviewing and editing from all authors (KG, DF, and GD). Funding This work was supported by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Economic Social Research Council, through a Ph.D studentship awarded to the first author (Reference: ES/J500173/1). Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted i...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research