Neural Responsivity to Food Cues in Patients With Unmedicated First-Episode Psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Schizophrenia is associated with a reduced life expectancy of 15 to 20 years owing to a high prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders. Obesity, a key risk factor for the development of cardiometabolic alterations, is more prevalent in individuals with schizophrenia. Although obesity is linked to the altered reward processing of food cues, no studies have investigated this link in schizophrenia without the confounds of antipsychotics and illness chronicity.

Objective

To investigate neural responsivity to food cues in first-episode psychosis without the confounds of antipsychotic medication or illness chronicity.

Design, setting, and participants

A case-control study was conducted from January 31, 2015, to September 30, 2018, in London, United Kingdom, of 29 p

SUBMITTER: Borgan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420094 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature