Thought beyond the inkblots: one-year follow-up in a cohort of adolescents with psychotic symptoms

<p>Introduction</p><p>This database includes the raw data linked with the paper "Thought beyond the inkblots: one-year follow-up in a cohort of adolescents with psychotic symptoms" published on "JOURNAL NAME".&nbsp;</p><p>In this paper, we aimed to explore the predictive properties of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in three samples of adolescents: one affected by Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms (APS), another one with a diagnosis of Early Onset Psychosis (EOP), and a control group (non-APS).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Methods</p><p>We evaluated 151 patients aged 12-17 years administering CAARMS, R-PAS, and K-SADS-PL DSM-5.&nbsp; A one-year follow-up assessment was conducted based on CAARMS administration and a clinical interview with the patient's caregivers to investigate DSM-5 criteria for APS syndrome and transition to psychosis. In cases where patients did not give consent to repeat the CAARMS evaluation, the assessment was completed by asking caregivers for additional information related to key questions of the CAARMS interview.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Results (in brief)</p><p>We found similar results between the DSM-5 APS Rorschach profiles and EOP ones, with a worse performance of APS in specific Perception and Thinking Problem indexes. Considering that, we saw that it is possible to define a typical Rorschach profile of patients who will be identified as being at risk for psychosis after a one-year follow-up. The most significant alterations emerged in the Self and Other Representation and the Stress and Distress domain.</p>