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Psychotic disorder: positive, negative and cognitive symptoms in daily life

Completed
Conditions
psychosis
schizophrenia
10039628
Registration Number
NL-OMON41303
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for the early psychosis group are: (i) the presence of attenuated psychotic symptoms, brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms, genetic risk or the occurrence of a psychotic episode according to DSM-IV criteria, , (ii) age 15-35 years, (iii) sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language.;Inclusion criteria for the chronic psychosis group are: (i) life time occurrence of a psychotic episode according to DSM-IV criteria, (ii) illness onset > 6 years, (iii) age 25-55 years, (iv) sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for the early psychosis group are: (i) onset of symptoms >2 years, (ii) frequent drug use (>2 times a week), (iii) Mental Retardation (IQ score <70), (iiii) psychosis with organic cause. ;Exclusion criteria for the chronic psychosis group are: (i) illness onset <6 years, (ii) frequent drug use (>2 times a week), (iii) Mental Retardation (IQ score <70), (iiii) psychosis with organic cause.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Cognition assessed in daily life<br /><br>Social cognition assessed in daily life<br /><br>Negative symptoms assessed in daily life<br /><br>Positive symptoms assessed in daily life<br /><br>Fluctuations in both cognition and social cognition in daily life and<br /><br>the influence of these fluctuations on positive and negative symptoms</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Saliva samples will be collected for the purpose of molecular genetic studies.<br /><br>These studies aim at selecting SNPs (parts of the DNA where one nucleotide is<br /><br>different from one person to another) that contribute to the psychosis<br /><br>phenotype. </p><br>
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