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Haidl, Theresa Katharina, Rosen, Marlene, Ruhrmann, Stephan ORCID: 0000-0002-6022-2364 and Klosterkoetter, Joachim (2019). Social Anxiety in individuals with clinical high-risk state for psychosis. Forschritte Neurol. Psychiatr., 87 (5). S. 284 - 298. STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG. ISSN 1439-3522

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Abstract

In recent years an increased comorbidity of schizophrenic disorders with anxiety disorders has been reported. Thus, among patients with a disorder from the schizophrenia spectrum, a general anxiety disorder was found in 38.3% of patients, with 14.9% of these with social phobia (SP). Especially social anxiety (SA) is of particular importance because it is often associated with depression and can contribute to psychosocial disabilities in patients with psychosis. Anxiety disorders already seem to occur prior to the first psychotic manifestation in the clinical high-risk state (CHR). Therefore, the questions arise as to whether this comorbidity is also dominated by SP in this patient group and, if so, what its consequences are on early detection and prevention of psychotic disorders. To clarify these questions, the present paper provides a systematic review of all published studies on social anxiety (SA) in the CHR. A total of 124 studies were included comprising 1702 CHR individuals, 445 healthy controls, 67 relatives / siblings of patients with psychotic disorders and 95 patients with a psychosis. In the most meaningful study, anxiety disorders were generally highly significant in CHR individuals (51%) compared to control subjects from the normal population (4%). Among those with anxiety disorders, 14.4% suffered from SP compared to 0.36% in normal controls and thus SP was almost as frequent as the prevalence of this type of anxiety disorders in the schizophrenic spectrum (14.9%). Also, the degree of SA in CHR individuals (SIAS score = 34.4, SD = 6.11) (SIAS-Score = 22.1, SD = 8.7), measured with the Social Interaction and Anxiety Scale (SIAS) in 9 studies, was almost as high as in psychotic patients (SIAS score = 35.0, SD = 9.56) and healthy controls (SIAS score = 14.,6; SD = 7,28). This degree of SA was also related to the attenuated psychotic symptomatology of the CHR individuals. However, the only study investigating the relationship between SA and a possible transition to a first psychotic manifestation did not reveal any predictive power. The feared psychosocial loss of function, which is already present in CHR, seems to be connected not only to the strong SA, but also to the similarly frequent comorbid depressive disorders. Moreover, one study has already provided some evidence that it is promising to address the SA as well as functional impairments in the CHR through newly developed specialized cognitive behavioural therapies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Haidl, Theresa Katharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rosen, Marlene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ruhrmann, Stephan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6022-2364 UNSPECIFIED Klosterkoetter, Joachim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-149046
DOI:	10.1055/a-0602-4332
Journal or Publication Title:	Forschritte Neurol. Psychiatr.
Volume:	87
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 284 - 298
Date:	2019
Publisher:	GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
Place of Publication:	STUTTGART
ISSN:	1439-3522
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; ULTRA-HIGH-RISK; YOUNG-PEOPLE; PHOBIA SCALE; 1ST EPISODE; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; EPA GUIDANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENTS; DEPRESSION Multiple languages Clinical Neurology; Psychiatry Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14904