| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Objectives: To observe trajectories of symptoms and psychosocial functioning in patients at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis as well as to investigate the psychosocial predictors of transition to psychosis.
Method: Twenty-two prospectively identified patients fulfilling UHR criteria were followed in one-year longitudinal study. Symptoms and psychosocial functioning were measured at the baseline and after one year follow-up.Result: Among the 15 patients who underwent follow-up evaluation, 6 subjects had converted to full-blown psychosis at one year, and 9 had not. There was a tendency for non-converters to have lower social-functioning at their baseline than the converters.Conclusion: The study suggests the need for treatment targeting not only the prevention of developing psychosis but also targeting the recovery of social-functioning. Further investigation of UHR patients should be considered with longer follow up duration.
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