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. 2022 Jun:312:114548.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114548. Epub 2022 Apr 7.

The use of diary methods to evaluate daily experiences in first-episode psychosis

Katherine G Welch  1 , Bryan J Stiles  2 , Olafur S Palsson  3 , Piper S Meyer-Kalos  4 , Diana O Perkins  5 , Tate F Halverson  6 , David L Penn  2
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The use of diary methods to evaluate daily experiences in first-episode psychosis

Katherine G Welch et al. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

Integrated Coping Awareness Therapy (I-CAT) is an intervention that targets stress reactivity in first-episode psychosis (FEP). This study extends prior outcome research on I-CAT by examining predictors of online daily diary completion among 38 young adults with FEP and treatment group differences in diary ratings. We found no significant predictors of daily diary completion rate and no effect of treatment condition on diary ratings. These results are consistent with Halverson et al. (2021) and suggest that diaries are a valuable method of data collection in FEP.

Keywords: Daily diary; Schizophrenia; Stress.

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