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The relationship between self-disorders (SDS) and depressive/anxious symptoms in a clinical sample of adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

E. Monducci ,
G. Colafrancesco ,
C. Battaglia ,
E. Masini ,
G. De Vita  and
M. Ferrara
E. Monducci
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
G. Colafrancesco*
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences,section Of Child And Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
C. Battaglia
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences,section Of Child And Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
E. Masini
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
G. De Vita
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences,section Of Child And Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
M. Ferrara
Affiliation:
Department Of Human Neurosciences,section Of Child And Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Self-disorders (SDs) have been described as a core feature of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Previous studies conducted on heterogeneous clinical adult and adolescents samples demonstrated that SDs aggregate selectively in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders compared to other disorders.

Objectives

To examine the specificity of SDs for schizophrenia spectrum disorders in adolescent inpatient sample.

Methods

Fifty-five adolescent inpatients admitted to the Child Psychiatry Unit at the Sapienza University in Rome were assessed for psychopathology using Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS-PL), Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS/SOPS),Examination of Anomalous Self-Experiences (EASE), Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), Calgary depression scale for schizophrenia (CDSS)

Results

Patients, aged 14-18 years, were divided in four diagnostic groups: schizophrenia spectrum disorders (5 pts.), mood disorders (19 pts.), anxiety disorders (27 pts.) and other disorders (4 pts.). Frequency of self-disorders was different among the 4 groups. Including patients schizotypal personality disorder in the schizophrenia-spectrum disorder group, the difference is still significant. Mann-Whitney U test shows no differences between EOP and UHR patients in SD. Furthermore, correlations between EASE total score and Calgary and MASC total scores were significant.

Conclusions

Our results confirm the specificity of SDs for schizophrenia spectrum disorders and also the belonging of schizotypal personality disorder to schizophrenia-spectrum.

Keywords

AnxietyDepressionSelf-DisordersSchizotypal personality disorder
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S458 - S459
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