Social Cognition in Longstanding Psychosis

NCT ID: NCT01624831

Last Updated: 2020-05-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Total Enrollment: 9 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-11-30

Brief Summary

In the current study, the investigators propose to measure the five domains of social cognition identified by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as relevant to individuals with psychosis (i.e., theory of mind, attribution style, emotion recognition, social perception, and social knowledge). The investigators will also explore the association between different domains of social cognition and outcomes relevant to psychotic disorder (e.g., symptomatology, social functioning, and vocational functioning).

Detailed Description

There is growing evidence that individuals with longstanding psychotic disorders suffer from deficits in social cognition (i.e., the cognitive skills needed to successfully navigate social interactions). However, to date, there have been few attempts to measure multiple components of social cognition within the same population of individuals with psychosis. Thus, the interrelationships between various aspects of social cognition remain unclear. In the current study, the investigators propose to measure the five domains of social cognition identified by NIMH as relevant to individuals with psychosis (i.e., theory of mind, attribution style, emotion recognition, social perception, and social knowledge). The investigators will also explore the association between different domains of social cognition and outcomes relevant to psychotic disorder (e.g., symptomatology, social functioning, and vocational functioning).

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective Disorder; Bipolar Disorder With Psychotic Features; Major Depression With Psychotic Features; Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Individuals with Longstanding Psychosis

Individuals with symptoms of psychosis that have been present for 5 or more years

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or an affective disorder with psychotic features per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-Text Revised (DSM-IV-TR) criteria using the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV.
• Duration of psychotic symptoms greater than or equal to 5 years determined using the Symptom Onset in Schizophrenia Inventory
• Age 18-75
• No evidence of mental retardation.
• Able to provide informed consent as evidenced by passing the informed consent quiz with a score of 80% or greater.
• Fluent in English as assessed per self-report from participant

Exclusion Criteria

• Unwilling or unable to complete study assessments (e.g., unable to read self-report questionnaires)
• Subject is currently pregnant per subject's report

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Arizona

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nicholas Breitborde

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nicholas Breitborde, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Ohio State Univerity

Locations

University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

U. Az IRB 11-0567-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id