General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach

Abstract Recent life events have been implicated in the onset and progression of psychosis. However, psychological processes that account for the association are yet to be fully understood. Using a network approach, we aimed to identify pathways linking recent life events and symptoms observed in ps...

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Autores principales: Linda T. Betz, Nora Penzel, Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic, Marlene Rosen, Katharine Chisholm, Alexandra Stainton, Theresa K. Haidl, Julian Wenzel, Alessandro Bertolino, Stefan Borgwardt, Paolo Brambilla, Rebekka Lencer, Eva Meisenzahl, Stephan Ruhrmann, Raimo K. R. Salokangas, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Stephen J. Wood, Rachel Upthegrove, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Joseph Kambeitz, the PRONIA consortium
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c7f860bdff444f89889c1753c4974c992021-12-02T13:33:28ZGeneral psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach10.1038/s41537-020-00129-w2334-265Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c7f860bdff444f89889c1753c4974c992020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-020-00129-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2334-265XAbstract Recent life events have been implicated in the onset and progression of psychosis. However, psychological processes that account for the association are yet to be fully understood. Using a network approach, we aimed to identify pathways linking recent life events and symptoms observed in psychosis. Based on previous literature, we hypothesized that general symptoms would mediate between recent life events and psychotic symptoms. We analyzed baseline data of patients at clinical high risk for psychosis and with recent-onset psychosis (n = 547) from the Personalised Prognostic Tools for Early Psychosis Management (PRONIA) study. In a network analysis, we modeled links between the burden of recent life events and all individual symptoms of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale before and after controlling for childhood trauma. To investigate the longitudinal associations between burden of recent life events and symptoms, we analyzed multiwave panel data from seven timepoints up to month 18. Corroborating our hypothesis, burden of recent life events was connected to positive and negative symptoms through general psychopathology, specifically depression, guilt feelings, anxiety and tension, even after controlling for childhood trauma. Longitudinal modeling indicated that on average, burden of recent life events preceded general psychopathology in the individual. In line with the theory of an affective pathway to psychosis, recent life events may lead to psychotic symptoms via heightened emotional distress. Life events may be one driving force of unspecific, general psychopathology described as characteristic of early phases of the psychosis spectrum, offering promising avenues for interventions.Linda T. BetzNora PenzelLana Kambeitz-IlankovicMarlene RosenKatharine ChisholmAlexandra StaintonTheresa K. HaidlJulian WenzelAlessandro BertolinoStefan BorgwardtPaolo BrambillaRebekka LencerEva MeisenzahlStephan RuhrmannRaimo K. R. SalokangasFrauke Schultze-LutterStephen J. WoodRachel UpthegroveNikolaos KoutsoulerisJoseph Kambeitzthe PRONIA consortiumNature PortfolioarticlePsychiatryRC435-571ENnpj Schizophrenia, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
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RC435-571
Linda T. Betz
Nora Penzel
Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic
Marlene Rosen
Katharine Chisholm
Alexandra Stainton
Theresa K. Haidl
Julian Wenzel
Alessandro Bertolino
Stefan Borgwardt
Paolo Brambilla
Rebekka Lencer
Eva Meisenzahl
Stephan Ruhrmann
Raimo K. R. Salokangas
Frauke Schultze-Lutter
Stephen J. Wood
Rachel Upthegrove
Nikolaos Koutsouleris
Joseph Kambeitz
the PRONIA consortium
General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
description Abstract Recent life events have been implicated in the onset and progression of psychosis. However, psychological processes that account for the association are yet to be fully understood. Using a network approach, we aimed to identify pathways linking recent life events and symptoms observed in psychosis. Based on previous literature, we hypothesized that general symptoms would mediate between recent life events and psychotic symptoms. We analyzed baseline data of patients at clinical high risk for psychosis and with recent-onset psychosis (n = 547) from the Personalised Prognostic Tools for Early Psychosis Management (PRONIA) study. In a network analysis, we modeled links between the burden of recent life events and all individual symptoms of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale before and after controlling for childhood trauma. To investigate the longitudinal associations between burden of recent life events and symptoms, we analyzed multiwave panel data from seven timepoints up to month 18. Corroborating our hypothesis, burden of recent life events was connected to positive and negative symptoms through general psychopathology, specifically depression, guilt feelings, anxiety and tension, even after controlling for childhood trauma. Longitudinal modeling indicated that on average, burden of recent life events preceded general psychopathology in the individual. In line with the theory of an affective pathway to psychosis, recent life events may lead to psychotic symptoms via heightened emotional distress. Life events may be one driving force of unspecific, general psychopathology described as characteristic of early phases of the psychosis spectrum, offering promising avenues for interventions.
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author Linda T. Betz
Nora Penzel
Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic
Marlene Rosen
Katharine Chisholm
Alexandra Stainton
Theresa K. Haidl
Julian Wenzel
Alessandro Bertolino
Stefan Borgwardt
Paolo Brambilla
Rebekka Lencer
Eva Meisenzahl
Stephan Ruhrmann
Raimo K. R. Salokangas
Frauke Schultze-Lutter
Stephen J. Wood
Rachel Upthegrove
Nikolaos Koutsouleris
Joseph Kambeitz
the PRONIA consortium
author_facet Linda T. Betz
Nora Penzel
Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic
Marlene Rosen
Katharine Chisholm
Alexandra Stainton
Theresa K. Haidl
Julian Wenzel
Alessandro Bertolino
Stefan Borgwardt
Paolo Brambilla
Rebekka Lencer
Eva Meisenzahl
Stephan Ruhrmann
Raimo K. R. Salokangas
Frauke Schultze-Lutter
Stephen J. Wood
Rachel Upthegrove
Nikolaos Koutsouleris
Joseph Kambeitz
the PRONIA consortium
author_sort Linda T. Betz
title General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
title_short General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
title_full General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
title_fullStr General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
title_full_unstemmed General psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
title_sort general psychopathology links burden of recent life events and psychotic symptoms in a network approach
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/c7f860bdff444f89889c1753c4974c99
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