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Personality Traits and Disorders in Adolescents at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Toward a Clinically Meaningful Diagnosis by Boldrini, Tommaso; Tanzilli, Annalisa; Di Cicilia, Giuseppe; Gualco, Ivan; Lingiardi, Vittorio; Salcuni, Silvia; Tata, Maria Cristina; Vicari, Stefano; Pontillo, Maria is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.
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Aims:Recent meta-analytic data show that approximately 40% of individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) receive at least one personality disorder (PD) diagnosis. Personality pathology could significantly influence CHR patients' prognosis and response to treatment. We aimed at exploring the PD traits of CHR adolescents, in order to outline a prototypic description of their most frequently observed personality characteristics. Methods:One hundred and twenty-three psychiatrists and psychologists used a Q-sort procedure [i.e., the Shedler–Westen Assessment Procedure-200 for Adolescents (SWAP-200-A)] to assess personality traits and disorders in 58 (30 male; mean age = 16 years, range = 13–19 years) CHR adolescents and two gender- and age-matched samples, respectively, with (n= 60) and without PDs (n= 59). Results:Differences between the CHR, PD, and clinical groups showed that CHR adolescents had pervasive and more clinically relevant schizoid, schizotypal, borderline, and avoidant traits, as well as poorer adaptive functioning. Moreover, by collecting the highest mean SWAP-200-A items, we empirically outlined a prototypic description of CHR youths, comprised of avoidance o
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- Author
- Boldrini, Tommaso; Tanzilli, Annalisa; Di Cicilia, Giuseppe; Gualco, Ivan; Lingiardi, Vittorio; Salcuni, Silvia; Tata, Maria Cristina; Vicari, Stefano; Pontillo, Maria
- Publisher
- Frontiers; Frontiers Media SA; Frontiers Media S.A.; Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A., 2010- (ISSN 1664-0640)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)