Consistency of Delusion Themes Across First and Subsequent Episodes of Psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite growing interest in the phenomenology of delusions in psychosis, at present little is known about their content and evolution over time, including whether delusion themes are consistent across episodes.

Objective

To examine the course of delusions and thematic delusion content across relapse episodes in patients presenting to an early intervention service for psychosis.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal, observational study used clinical data systematically collected from January 2003 to March 2018 from a cohort of consenting patients with affective or nonaffective first-episode psychosis, followed up naturalistically for up to 2 years in an early intervention service for psychosis in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Data included the the

SUBMITTER: Grunfeld G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11307164 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature