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Social functioning in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis

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Addington, Jean, Penn, David, Woods, Scott W., Addington, Donald, Perkins, Diana O.·2008·Schizophrenia Research

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Poor social functioning is a hallmark of schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to examine social functioning in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Social functioning was assessed in a sample of 86 clinical high risk (CHR) individuals and compared to that of 50 first-episode of psychosis (FE) subjects, 53 multi-episode schizophrenia subjects (ME) and 55 non-psychiatric controls (NPC). Subjects were assessed on the Social Functioning Scale (SFS), the Role Functioning subscale of the Quality of Life Scale (QLS-role), and the premorbid functioning scale. On the SFS, the CHR group did not differ significantly from the FE and ME groups and all were impaired relative to the NPCs. On QLS-role, the CHR group performed significantly better than the ME patients and significantly worse than NPCs. CHR subjects did not differ from patients in terms of premorbid functioning. This study demonstrates that even at the pre-psychotic phase of the illness, these young people are demonstrating significant deficits in social functioning, supporting that social deficits are present long before the onset of psychotic symptoms.

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  • A significant decline in social functioning has been found across all stages of psychosis, from clinical high risk, first episode of psychosis to chronic schizophrenia.

    “A significant decline in social functioning has been found across all stages of psychosis, from clinical high risk (CHR), and first episode of psychosis (FEP) to chronic schizophrenia (SZ) (Abel and Minor 2021; Addington et al. 2008; Raghavan et al. 2017)”

    From Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Addington et al. 2008

    The Abstract and Discussion report impaired social functioning in clinical-high-risk, first-episode, and multi-episode groups relative to non-psychiatric controls. They do not establish a significant decline from one stage to the next: the Abstract says the three groups did not differ significantly on the Social Functioning Scale. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • A decline in social functioning is a hallmark of psychosis and often emerges before illness onset and typically develops into long-standing difficulties.

    “A decline in social functioning is a hallmark of psychosis and often emerges before illness onset and typically develops into long‐standing difficulties (Addington et al. 2008; Carrión et al. 2013; Robinson et al. 2004).”

    From Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Addington et al. 2008

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  1. Pinkham AE, Penn DL, Perkins DO, Graham K, Siegel M. Emotion perception and the course of psychosis: A comparison of individuals at risk, and early and chronic schizophrenia spectrum illness. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 2007;12:198-212. [PubMed: 17453901]

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Authors
Addington, J., Penn, D., Woods, S. W., Addington, D., & Perkins, D. O.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
Corresponding author
Addington, Jean
Venue
Schizophrenia Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-02
Volume
99
Issue
1-3
Pages
119-124
ISSN
0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2060028231
Cited by
265
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U01MH066134, U01MH06634, U01MH066160, U01MH066069, U10MH066160, U01MH06634-02)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
social functioning, clinical high risk for psychosis
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Chronic Disease, Employment, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotic Disorders, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Role, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Social Adjustment, Social Environment, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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