title: Self-awareness of functional impairment in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A major public health concern associated with schizophrenia is the long-term disability that involves an inability to function independently in the community. An individual's self-awareness of functional impairment may be a significant factor contributing to long-term disability. In fact, subjective interpretation of one's illness impacts treatment participation and adherence, and is linked to poor outcomes. However, it remains unclear how illness-related functional impairment is perceived by individuals prior to the onset of psychosis. This study aims to examine the relationship between clinician-based and self-report assessments of functioning, as well as the contribution of clinical symptoms to this relationship in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Sheehan Disability Scale, a self-rated instrument, was used to measure disruption in daily functioning in social and role functioning due to symptoms in a sample of 73 treatment-seeking patients at clinical high-risk for psychosis and 50 healthy controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Relative to healthy controls, clinical high-risk patients self-reported significant disruptions in social and role functioning. In addition, a specific relationship emerged in that clinician-rated measures of functioning and depression were related to subjective functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that clinical high-risk patients are significantly disturbed by their illness. Self-reported disruption of daily functioning was associated with clinician-rated functioning and depressive symptoms, further highlighting the impact of functional impairments on the level of distress experienced by patients in the early phases of the illness. Intervention strategies that repair functional impairment before the onset of psychosis may prevent long-term disability.
authors: Psychiatry Research, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, New York, USA.
authors: Doreen M
authors: DM
authors: Olvet
authors: Ricardo E
authors: RE
authors: Carrión
authors: Andrea M
authors: AM
authors: Auther
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Cornblatt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062706:Prodromal Symptoms; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment
keywords: clinical high-risk; depression; functional impairment; prodrome; psychosis
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