Positive psychotic symptoms as a marker of clinical severity in a transdiagnostic sample of help-seeking adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to examine the association between the presence, number, and type of positive psychotic symptoms (PPS) and clinical severity in adolescent patients. Five hundred-six patients aged 11-17 years were assigned to either the noPPS (n = 341), the delusional beliefs only (del; n = 32), the hallucinations only (hall; n = 80), or the delusional beliefs and hallucinations (del&hall; n = 53) group. Generalized Structural Equation Modeling was applied to identify the best-fitting model representing clinical severity indicated by psychiatric diagnoses, depressivity, personality pathology, non-suicidal self-injury, suicide attempts, perceived stress, and psychosocial impairments, assessed by interviews and questionnaires. The groups were compared concerning the final model's fact

SUBMITTER: Kaeser JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11564335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature