RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.08.027
A1 MacBeth, Angus
A1 Gumley, Andrew
A1 Schwannauer, Matthias
A1 Carcione, Antonino
A1 Fisher, Rebecca
A1 McLeod, Hamish J.
A1 Dimaggio, Giancarlo
T1 Metacognition, symptoms and premorbid functioning in a first episode psychosis sample
JF Comprehensive Psychiatry
YR 2014
FD 2014-02
VO 55
IS 2
SP 268
OP 273
AB Significant metacognitive impairments are observed in chronic psychosis samples but metacognition is less understood in first episode psychosis (FEP). The current study explored correlations between metacognition, symptoms and premorbid functioning in an FEP sample. In a cross-sectional cohort study, individuals in the first 12 months of treatment metacognition were assessed with the Metacognition Assessment Scale-Revised version (MAS-R). Psychotic symptomatology, premorbid adjustment, and clinician rated service engagement were also measured. Lower scores for metacognitive understanding of other's minds were significantly correlated with greater negative symptoms, poorer early adolescent social adjustment and poorer clinician rated help-seeking. Our findings suggest that FEP individuals with difficulties in understanding other's minds have more social deficits and may be less able to make effective use of treatment.
SN 0010-440X
LK https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/92374/