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. 2017 Jul 1;43(4):687-692.
doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbw182.

What Is an Attenuated Psychotic Symptom? On the Importance of the Context

Paolo Fusar-Poli  1   2 , Andrea Raballo  3 , Josef Parnas  4
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What Is an Attenuated Psychotic Symptom? On the Importance of the Context

Paolo Fusar-Poli et al. Schizophr Bull. .

Abstract

Attenuated psychotic symptoms (APS) are the key criteria to identify the individuals at enhanced risk of developing psychotic disorders. Competing clinicians-rated or self-rated psychometric instruments can also be used to detect APS, which makes it difficult to interpret their actual clinical significance. This article summarizes the empirical differences between the clinicians-rated and self-rated interviews and explores the impact of the context (referral pathways, settings, and assessment procedures) on the clinical significance of the APS.

Keywords: ARMS; prevention; psychosis; risk; schizophrenia; symptoms.

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