Background.The aim of the current study was to explore the changing interrelationships among clinical variables through the stages of schizophrenia in order to assemble a comprehensive and meaningful disease model.Methods.Twenty-nine centers from 25 countries participated and included 2358 patients aged 37.21 ± 11.87 years with schizophrenia. Multiple linear regression analysis and visual inspection of plots were performed.Results.The results suggest that with progression stages, there are changing correlations among Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale factors at each stage and each factor correlates with all the others in that particular stage, in which this factor is dominant. This internal structure further supports the validity of an already proposed four stages model, with positive symptoms dominating the first stage, excitement/hostility the second, depression the third, and neurocognitive decline the last stage.Conclusions.The current study investigated the mental organization and functioning in patients with schizophrenia in relation to different stages of illness progression. It revealed two distinct "cores" of schizophrenia, the "Positive" and the "Negative," while neurocognitive decline escalates during the later stages. Future research should focus on the therapeutic implications of such a model. Stopping the progress of the illness could demand to stop the succession of stages. This could be achieved not only by both halting the triggering effect of positive and negative symptoms, but also by stopping the sensitization effect on the neural pathways responsible for the development of hostility, excitement, anxiety, and depression as well as the deleterious effect on neural networks responsible for neurocognition.

Modeling psychological function in patients with schizophrenia with the PANSS. An international multi-center study / Fountoulakis, K. N.; Dragioti, E.; Theofilidis, A. T.; Wiklund, T.; Atmatzidis, X.; Nimatoudis, I.; Thys, E.; Wampers, M.; Hranov, L.; Hristova, T.; Aptalidis, D.; Milev, R.; Iftene, F.; Spaniel, F.; Knytl, P.; Furstova, P.; From, T.; Karlsson, H.; Walta, M.; Salokangas, R. K. R.; Azorin, J. -M.; Bouniard, J.; Montant, J.; Juckel, G.; Haussleiter, I. S.; Douzenis, A.; Michopoulos, I.; Ferentinos, P.; Smyrnis, N.; Mantonakis, L.; Nemes, Z.; Gonda, X.; Vajda, D.; Juhasz, A.; Shrivastava, A.; Waddington, J.; Pompili, M.; Comparelli, A.; Corigliano, V.; Rancans, E.; Navickas, A.; Hilbig, J.; Bukelskis, L.; Stevovic, L. I.; Vodopic, S.; Esan, O.; Oladele, O.; Osunbote, C.; Rybakowski, J. K.; Wojciak, P.; Domowicz, K.; Figueira, M. L.; Linhares, L.; Crawford, J.; Panfil, A. -L.; Smirnova, D.; Izmailova, O.; Lecic-Tosevski, D.; Temmingh, H.; Howells, F.; Bobes, J.; Garcia-Portilla, M. P.; Garcia-Alvarez, L.; Erzin, G.; Karada, H.; De Sousa, A.; Bendre, A.; Hoschl, C.; Bredicean, C.; Papava, I.; Vukovic, O.; Pejuskovic, B.; Russell, V.; Athanasiadis, L.; Konsta, A.; Stein, D.; Berk, M.; Dean, O.; Tandon, R.; Kasper, S.; De Hert, M.. - In: CNS SPECTRUMS. - ISSN 1092-8529. - (2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1017/S1092852920001091]

Modeling psychological function in patients with schizophrenia with the PANSS. An international multi-center study

Pompili M.;Corigliano V.;
2020

Abstract

Background.The aim of the current study was to explore the changing interrelationships among clinical variables through the stages of schizophrenia in order to assemble a comprehensive and meaningful disease model.Methods.Twenty-nine centers from 25 countries participated and included 2358 patients aged 37.21 ± 11.87 years with schizophrenia. Multiple linear regression analysis and visual inspection of plots were performed.Results.The results suggest that with progression stages, there are changing correlations among Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale factors at each stage and each factor correlates with all the others in that particular stage, in which this factor is dominant. This internal structure further supports the validity of an already proposed four stages model, with positive symptoms dominating the first stage, excitement/hostility the second, depression the third, and neurocognitive decline the last stage.Conclusions.The current study investigated the mental organization and functioning in patients with schizophrenia in relation to different stages of illness progression. It revealed two distinct "cores" of schizophrenia, the "Positive" and the "Negative," while neurocognitive decline escalates during the later stages. Future research should focus on the therapeutic implications of such a model. Stopping the progress of the illness could demand to stop the succession of stages. This could be achieved not only by both halting the triggering effect of positive and negative symptoms, but also by stopping the sensitization effect on the neural pathways responsible for the development of hostility, excitement, anxiety, and depression as well as the deleterious effect on neural networks responsible for neurocognition.
2020
long-term course; model; outcome; schizophrenia; staging
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Modeling psychological function in patients with schizophrenia with the PANSS. An international multi-center study / Fountoulakis, K. N.; Dragioti, E.; Theofilidis, A. T.; Wiklund, T.; Atmatzidis, X.; Nimatoudis, I.; Thys, E.; Wampers, M.; Hranov, L.; Hristova, T.; Aptalidis, D.; Milev, R.; Iftene, F.; Spaniel, F.; Knytl, P.; Furstova, P.; From, T.; Karlsson, H.; Walta, M.; Salokangas, R. K. R.; Azorin, J. -M.; Bouniard, J.; Montant, J.; Juckel, G.; Haussleiter, I. S.; Douzenis, A.; Michopoulos, I.; Ferentinos, P.; Smyrnis, N.; Mantonakis, L.; Nemes, Z.; Gonda, X.; Vajda, D.; Juhasz, A.; Shrivastava, A.; Waddington, J.; Pompili, M.; Comparelli, A.; Corigliano, V.; Rancans, E.; Navickas, A.; Hilbig, J.; Bukelskis, L.; Stevovic, L. I.; Vodopic, S.; Esan, O.; Oladele, O.; Osunbote, C.; Rybakowski, J. K.; Wojciak, P.; Domowicz, K.; Figueira, M. L.; Linhares, L.; Crawford, J.; Panfil, A. -L.; Smirnova, D.; Izmailova, O.; Lecic-Tosevski, D.; Temmingh, H.; Howells, F.; Bobes, J.; Garcia-Portilla, M. P.; Garcia-Alvarez, L.; Erzin, G.; Karada, H.; De Sousa, A.; Bendre, A.; Hoschl, C.; Bredicean, C.; Papava, I.; Vukovic, O.; Pejuskovic, B.; Russell, V.; Athanasiadis, L.; Konsta, A.; Stein, D.; Berk, M.; Dean, O.; Tandon, R.; Kasper, S.; De Hert, M.. - In: CNS SPECTRUMS. - ISSN 1092-8529. - (2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1017/S1092852920001091]
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