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Hillside study of risk and early detection in schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Barbara Cornblatt ,
Michael Obuchowski ,
David Schnur  and
John D. O'Brien
Barbara Cornblatt*
Affiliation:
Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, USA
Michael Obuchowski
Affiliation:
Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, USA
David Schnur
Affiliation:
Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, USA
John D. O'Brien
Affiliation:
Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, USA
*
Correspondence: Barbara Cornblatt, Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 75–59 263rd Street, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
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Abstract

Background The Hillside Study of Risk and Early Detection in Schizophrenia is a prospective study of young probands (ages 14–28) and their at-risk siblings (ages 14–24). A major goal is the identification of early predictors of illness that will facilitate intervention. The project design and pilot study are discussed.

Method Fifteen adolescents were compared to 14 typical age-of-onset adults, all undergoing their first hospitalisation for schizophrenia.

Results There were no differences between adolescents and adults on any of the measures administered (i.e. attention, eye tracking, neurocognitive or clinical). In addition, for the sample overall, no association was found between neurocognitive functions and clinical state, either at admission or after treatment.

Conclusions Individuals with adolescent onset of schizophrenia are considered to be representative of schizophrenia in general. Furthermore, neurocognitive deficits and clinical symptoms are concluded to be two independent classess of risk indicators.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 172 , Issue S33: Verging on reality , June 1998 , pp. 26 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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