Screening for sub-threshold psychotic experiences and perceived need for psychological services
| Autor: | Jordan E. DeVylder, Matthew R. Hilimire, Docia L. Demmin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Predictive validity
education.field_of_study Psychosis medicine.medical_specialty Population Construct validity medicine.disease Neuroticism 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine medicine Anxiety Pshychiatric Mental Health Young adult medicine.symptom education Psychology Psychiatry 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Biological Psychiatry Psychopathology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 11:139-146 |
| ISSN: | 1751-7885 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/eip.12222 |
| Popis: | Aim Sub-threshold psychotic experiences (PEs) are common in the general population and may increase risk for psychological distress and psychosis onset, generating a need for effective community screening instruments. This study aimed to explore the utility of a brief, self-report, psychosis risk screening tool in predicting perceived need for psychological treatment among a non-clinical sample, above and beyond that accounted for by accompanying forms of psychopathology or trait neuroticism. Methods Construct validity, predictive validity and test–retest reliability of the brief, self-report questionnaire for screening putative prepsychotic states were determined among college students (N = 679). Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between PEs and perceived need for psychological services. Results With the exception of auditory perceptual disturbances, PEs were not significantly associated with one's need for services, or the belief from others that services are needed, after controlling for neuroticism, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Auditory perceptual disturbances were significantly associated with the perceived need for psychological services, even after accounting for these additional symptoms. Conclusions These results confirm the usefulness of the psychosis risk screening tool in evaluating the presence of sub-threshold PEs, particularly auditory perceptual disturbances. The relationship between other PEs and a perceived need for psychological services, however, was largely explained by the existence of neurotic traits and anxiety and depressive symptoms. Screening for auditory perceptual disturbances may be useful in identifying unmet clinical need among young adults. |
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