Impact of "psychosis risk" identification: Examining predictors of how youth view themselves.
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SUBMITTER: Yang LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7079577 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
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Impact of "psychosis risk" identification: Examining predictors of how youth view themselves.
Yang Lawrence H LH Woodberry Kristen A KA Link Bruce G BG Corcoran Cheryl M CM Bryant Caitlin C Shapiro Daniel I DI Downing Donna D Girgis Ragy R RR Brucato Gary G Huang Debbie D Crump Francesca M FM Verdi Mary M McFarlane William R WR Seidman Larry J LJ
Schizophrenia research 20190219
<h4>Background</h4>Identifying young people as at clinical high-risk (CHR) for psychosis affords opportunities for intervention to possibly prevent psychosis onset. Yet such CHR identification could plausibly increase stigma. We do not know whether these youth already perceive themselves to be at psychosis-risk (PR) or how their being told they are at PR might impact how they think about themselves.<h4>Methods</h4>148 CHR youth were asked about labels they had been given by others (labeling by o ...[more]
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