Facial emotion recognition impairment is related to disorganisation in multi-episode schizophrenia

Anna Comparelli; Antonella De Carolis; Valentina Corigliano; Giada Trovini; Julia Dehning; Simone Di Pietro; Eleonora De Pisa; Silvana Galderisi; Paolo Girardi

doi:10.1016/j.scog.2014.07.002

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition (Jun 2014)

Facial emotion recognition impairment is related to disorganisation in multi-episode schizophrenia

Anna Comparelli,
Antonella De Carolis,
Valentina Corigliano,
Giada Trovini,
Julia Dehning,
Simone Di Pietro,
Eleonora De Pisa,
Silvana Galderisi,
Paolo Girardi

Affiliations

Anna Comparelli: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Antonella De Carolis: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Neurology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Valentina Corigliano: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Giada Trovini: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Julia Dehning: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Simone Di Pietro: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Eleonora De Pisa: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Silvana Galderisi: Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Naples SUN, Italy
Paolo Girardi: NESMOS Department (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs) Unit of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2014.07.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 122 – 125

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The present investigation explores the relationship between facial emotion recognition (FER) and symptom domains in three groups of schizophrenia spectrum patients (43 ultra-high-risk, 50 first episode and 44 multi-episode patients) in which the existence of FER impairment has already been demonstrated. Regression analysis showed that symptoms and FER impairment are related in multi-episode patients, regardless of the illness duration. We suggest that the link between symptoms and FER impairment is involved in the progression of the disease.

Published in Schizophrenia Research: Cognition

ISSN: 2215-0013 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/schizophrenia-research-cognition/

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