TY - JOUR
T1 - An uncontrolled trial of multi-component care for first-episode psychosis
T2 - Effects on social cognition
AU - Breitborde, Nicholas J.K.
AU - Moe, Aubrey M.
AU - Woolverton, Cindy
AU - Harrison-Monroe, Patricia
AU - Bell, Emily K.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the individuals who participated in this study. Funds for partial support of this project were provided by The Ohio State University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health to Dr. Breitborde
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Growing evidence suggests that specialized, multi-component treatment programmes produce improvements in numerous outcomes among individuals with first-episode psychosis. However, these programmes often lack interventions specifically designed to address deficits in social cognition. This raises questions about the effectiveness of such programmes in addressing deficits in social cognition that accompany psychotic disorders. We investigated the effect of participation in a multi-component treatment programme on social cognition among 71 individuals with first-episode psychosis. Participants experienced gains in emotion processing, social knowledge, social perception and theory of mind. However, after controlling for multiple comparisons, these improvements were limited to theory of mind and recognition of social cues in low emotion interactions. Although our findings should be interpreted cautiously, they raise the possibility that individuals participating in multi-component treatment programmes for first-episode psychosis without interventions specifically targeting social cognition may still experience gains in social cognition.
AB - Growing evidence suggests that specialized, multi-component treatment programmes produce improvements in numerous outcomes among individuals with first-episode psychosis. However, these programmes often lack interventions specifically designed to address deficits in social cognition. This raises questions about the effectiveness of such programmes in addressing deficits in social cognition that accompany psychotic disorders. We investigated the effect of participation in a multi-component treatment programme on social cognition among 71 individuals with first-episode psychosis. Participants experienced gains in emotion processing, social knowledge, social perception and theory of mind. However, after controlling for multiple comparisons, these improvements were limited to theory of mind and recognition of social cues in low emotion interactions. Although our findings should be interpreted cautiously, they raise the possibility that individuals participating in multi-component treatment programmes for first-episode psychosis without interventions specifically targeting social cognition may still experience gains in social cognition.
KW - first-episode psychosis
KW - multi-component care
KW - social cognition
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U2 - 10.1111/eip.12417
DO - 10.1111/eip.12417
M3 - Article
C2 - 28124452
AN - SCOPUS:85028744941
SN - 1751-7885
VL - 12
SP - 464
EP - 468
JO - Early Intervention in Psychiatry
JF - Early Intervention in Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -