Negative Interpretation Biases Precede the Onset of Psychosis
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This study investigated whether a negative interpretation bias was present in people at high risk for psychosis. People with an At Risk Mental State (ARMS; n = 21), patients with First Episode Psychosis (FEP; n = 20), and healthy controls (n = 20) performed three tasks, each of which was designed to measure interpretation bias. Both ARMS and FEP participants showed an attenuated positive bias compared to controls. These findings extend previous results investigating interpretation bias in psychosis by showing that interpretative biases are present before the onset of psychosis, and could therefore contribute to its development. Biased interpretation mechanisms could be a new target for clinical intervention in the early phase of psychosis.
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CBM-pa was developed based on previous empirical evidence of the presence of paranoia-relevant interpretation biases in people with clinical and subclinical paranoia as well as in those in the At Risk Mental State (ARMS).
“CBM-pa was developed based on previous empirical evidence of the presence of paranoia-relevant interpretation biases in people with clinical [3] and subclinical [4] paranoia as well as in those in the At Risk Mental State (ARMS) [15].”
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- Authors
- Yiend, J., Allen, P., Lopez, N. D., Falkenberg, I., Tseng, H.-H., & McGuire, P.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Yiend, Jenny
- Venue
- Behavior Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-07
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 718-731
- ISSN
- 0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2901751313
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- interpretation bias, negative interpretation bias, psychosis, clinical high risk for psychosis, first-episode psychosis, transition to psychosis, cognitive biases, early intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotic Disorders, Bias
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