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Mood, anxiety and psychotic phenomena measure a common psychopathological factor

Stochl, J., Khandaker, G. M., Lewis, G., Perez, J., Goodyer, I. M., Zammit, S., Sullivan, S., Croudace, T. J. +1 more·2015·Psychological Medicine

Abstract

Background: Psychotic phenomena are common in the general population but are excluded from diagnostic criteria for mild to moderate depression and anxiety despite their co-occurrence and shared risk factors. We used item response theory modelling to examine whether the co-occurrence of depressive, anxiety and psychotic phenomena is best explained by: (1) a single underlying factor; (2) two separate, uncorrelated factors; (3) two separate yet linked factors; or (4) two separate domains along with an underlying ‘common mental distress’ (CMD) factor. We defined where, along any latent continuum, the psychopathological items contributed most information. Method: We performed a secondary analysis of cross-sectional, item-level information from measures of depression, anxiety and psychotic experiences in 6617 participants aged 13 years from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort and 977 participants aged 18 years from the ROOTS schools-based sample. We replicated results from one sample in the other and validated the latent factors against an earlier parental measure of mental state. Results: In both cohorts depression, anxiety and psychotic items were best represented as a bi-factor model with a single, unitary CMD factor on which psychotic items conveyed information about the more severe end (model 4); residual variation remained for psychotic items. The CMD factor was significantly associated with the prior parental measure. Conclusions: Psychotic phenomena co-occur with depression and anxiety in teenagers and may be a marker of severity in a single, unitary dimension of CMD. Psychotic phenomena should be routinely included in epidemiological assessments of psychiatric morbidity, otherwise the most severe symptomatology remains unmeasured.

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Authors
Stochl, J., Khandaker, G. M., Lewis, G., Perez, J., Goodyer, I. M., Zammit, S., Sullivan, S., Croudace, T. J., & Jones, P. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University College London (GB)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
  • University of York (GB)
Corresponding author
Jones, P. B.
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
2014-11-14
Volume
45
Issue
7
Pages
1483-1493
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W2149783607
Cited by
153
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (074296, 094790/Z/10/Z, 088869/Z/09/Z, 095844/Z/11/Z, 102215, 095844)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (RP-PG-0606-1335)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/M006727/1, MR/L010305/1, MC_PC_15018)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
psychotic experiences, depression, anxiety, bifactor model, latent factor structure, psychiatric morbidity, adolescent mental health, symptom severity, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety, Depression, England, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotic Disorders, Cohort Studies

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