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Article: Longitudinal changes in semantic categorization performance after symptomatic remission from first-episode psychosis: A 3-year follow-up study

TitleLongitudinal changes in semantic categorization performance after symptomatic remission from first-episode psychosis: A 3-year follow-up study
Authors
KeywordsCategorization
First episode
Schizophrenia
Semantic
Issue Date2012
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/schres
Citation
Schizophrenia Research, 2012, v. 137 n. 1-3, p. 118-123 How to Cite?
AbstractSemantic categorization abnormalities have been observed in schizophrenia, but studies have rarely focused on the longitudinal trajectory. In this study, we consider semantic performance and the relationship with symptomatic changes during recovery from a first-episode of schizophrenia over a period of 3. years. Thirty-seven first-episode patients with schizophrenia were compared to thirty-seven matched controls in a categorization task. Patients were assessed at first episode, after clinical stabilization, and annually for the subsequent 3. years. In the task, participants indicated whether a word belonged to a given category. Each category contained words of varying degrees of semantic relatedness: typical, atypical, borderline, related-but-outside, and unrelated. Reaction times and proportion of 'yes' responses were analyzed. At first assessment, semantic categorization abnormalities were observed in first-episode patients. Patients assigned more semantically-dissimilar words to the categories than controls. As patients stabilized from acute states, their semantic categorization performance improved and then remained stable throughout the entire follow up period of 3. years. Interestingly, semantic performance deficits, particularly a diminished typicality effect, correlated with negative symptoms in the initial episode, but not at stabilization when symptoms subsided. No significant associations between positive and negative symptoms, or pre-defined categorization measures were identified. The data demonstrated semantic memory abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia. However, an improvement of semantic categorization performance was observed in stabilized schizophrenia patients. Overall, the data are suggestive of a state effect in semantic abnormalities rather than a trait effect. The correlation between degree of impairment and symptoms may explain previous inconsistent findings. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/146904
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 3.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.374
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong21500.10202404
Janssen-Cilag
AstraZeneca
Pfizer
Eli Lilly
Sanofi-Aventis
Otsuka
Funding Information:

This work was supported by grant 21500.10202404 from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. The Institutional Review Board ethics committees of the University of Hong Kong/ Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster and Hong Kong East Cluster approved the study.

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dc.contributor.authorWong, GHYen_HK
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dc.contributor.authorChang, WCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, SKWen_HK
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dc.contributor.authorDunn, ELWen_HK
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dc.contributor.authorYeung, WSen_HK
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dc.contributor.authorChan, WFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, WNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChen, EYHen_HK
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dc.description.abstractSemantic categorization abnormalities have been observed in schizophrenia, but studies have rarely focused on the longitudinal trajectory. In this study, we consider semantic performance and the relationship with symptomatic changes during recovery from a first-episode of schizophrenia over a period of 3. years. Thirty-seven first-episode patients with schizophrenia were compared to thirty-seven matched controls in a categorization task. Patients were assessed at first episode, after clinical stabilization, and annually for the subsequent 3. years. In the task, participants indicated whether a word belonged to a given category. Each category contained words of varying degrees of semantic relatedness: typical, atypical, borderline, related-but-outside, and unrelated. Reaction times and proportion of 'yes' responses were analyzed. At first assessment, semantic categorization abnormalities were observed in first-episode patients. Patients assigned more semantically-dissimilar words to the categories than controls. As patients stabilized from acute states, their semantic categorization performance improved and then remained stable throughout the entire follow up period of 3. years. Interestingly, semantic performance deficits, particularly a diminished typicality effect, correlated with negative symptoms in the initial episode, but not at stabilization when symptoms subsided. No significant associations between positive and negative symptoms, or pre-defined categorization measures were identified. The data demonstrated semantic memory abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia. However, an improvement of semantic categorization performance was observed in stabilized schizophrenia patients. Overall, the data are suggestive of a state effect in semantic abnormalities rather than a trait effect. The correlation between degree of impairment and symptoms may explain previous inconsistent findings. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.en_HK
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dc.subjectFirst episodeen_HK
dc.subjectSchizophreniaen_HK
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dc.titleLongitudinal changes in semantic categorization performance after symptomatic remission from first-episode psychosis: A 3-year follow-up studyen_HK
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