Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35, 30 May 2007

Social functioning in young people at risk for schizophrenia

  • Jacob S. Ballon

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford, CA, USA
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  • Tejal Kaur

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Iliana I. Marks

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Kristin S. Cadenhead

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, 0810, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0810, USA. Tel.: +1 619 725 3537; fax: +1 619 260 8437.

Received 11 July 2005; received in revised form 22 September 2006; accepted 30 October 2006.

Abstract 

Deficits in social functioning are potential risk factors for schizophrenia. Social functioning was assessed in 55 individuals “at risk” for schizophrenia, 16 first episode patients with schizophrenia and 45 normal comparison subjects. The Social Adjustment Inventory for Children and Adolescents (SAICA) was administered to adolescents <18 and the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) to young adults >17. The at risk and first episode groups significantly differed from the normal subjects on measures of social functioning in the domains of peer, family, work and school relationships. Individuals at risk for schizophrenia have significant functional deficits which may be potential indicators of increased vulnerability for psychosis.

Keywords: Prodromal, Prodrome, Vulnerability markers, SAS-SR, SAICA, Social function

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00365-9

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35, 30 May 2007

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