Relationship between social cognition and emotional markers and acoustic-verbal hallucination in youth with post-traumatic stress disorder: Protocol for a prospective, 2-year, longitudinal case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Auditory-verbal hallucinatory experiences (AVH) have a 12% prevalence in the general pediatric population. Literature reports a higher risk of developing AVH in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The persistence of AVHs during adolescence represents a risk of evolution into psychotic disorders. Social cognition and emotional markers could be considered prodromes markers of this evolution. The objectives of this prospective observational study are to observe social cognition and emotional markers correlation with the presence and persistence of AVH over two years and with the evolution of PTSD and psychotic diagnosis.

Methods and analysis

This prospective case-control study, longitudinal over two years (with an interim reassessment at six months and one year)

SUBMITTER: Dumas LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218996 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature