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Self-experienced vulnerability, prodromal symptoms and coping strategies preceding schizophrenic and depressive relapsesAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmann Str 9, 50924, Cologne, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 17:384-93. 2002....- The concept of schizophrenia and phase-specific treatment: cognitive-behavioral treatment in pre-psychosis and in nonrespondersTor K Larsen
Rogaland Psychiatric Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry 31:209-28. 2003..We conclude that psychological treatment that focuses on coping strategies might be of help both in possible pre-psychotic stages and in nonresponders... - A randomized comparison of group cognitive-behavioural therapy and group psychoeducation in patients with schizophreniaA Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 110:21-8. 2004..Although the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in schizophrenia has been established in a number of studies, no information is available on the differential efficacy of CBT in comparison with patient psychoeducation (PE)... - [A psychological early intervention program for the prepsychotic prodromal state. A case report]A Bechdolf
Früherkennungs und Therapiezentrum für psychische Krisen FETZ, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität zu Köln, Joseph Stelzmann Strasse 9, 50924 Köln
Nervenarzt 74:436-9. 2003..During the treatment period of 1 year, social deterioration and prepsychotic and psychotic symptoms were prevented... - Determinants of subjective quality of life in post acute patients with schizophreniaAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 253:228-35. 2003..One could conclude that to enhance patients' QoL, improvements in depressive symptoms, negative coping style, social support and self-efficacy seem to be most effective... - Does the cognitive dispute of psychotic symptoms do harm to the therapeutic alliance?Andreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:478-85. 2010..Baseline symptoms and insight differentiated between the types of clusters. In conclusion, CBT-specific interventions that challenge psychotic symptoms do not necessarily negatively influence the course of the alliance... - Auditory P300 in individuals clinically at risk for psychosisIngo Frommann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Int J Psychophysiol 70:192-205. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess the amplitude, latency, and topography of the P300 in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis... 
Randomized controlled multicentre trial of cognitive behaviour therapy in the early initial prodromal state: effects on social adjustment post treatmentAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Early Interv Psychiatry 1:71-8. 2007....- A promoter variant of SHANK1 affects auditory working memory in schizophrenia patients and in subjects clinically at risk for psychosisLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strase 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:117-24. 2012..Our findings suggest a role of SHANK1 in working memory deficits in schizophrenia, which may arise from neurodevelopmental changes to prefrontal cortical areas... - Neuropsychological impairments predict the clinical course in schizophreniaWolfgang Wolwer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rhineland State Clinics Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, Dusseldorf, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:28-34. 2008.... 
Rationale and baseline characteristics of PREVENT: a second-generation intervention trial in subjects at-risk (prodromal) of developing first-episode psychosis evaluating cognitive behavior therapy, aripiprazole, and placebo for the prevention of psychosiAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Schizophr Bull 37:S111-21. 2011..When the final results of the trial are available, PREVENT will substantially expand the current limited evidence base for best clinical practice in people at-risk (prodromal) of first-episode psychosis...- Cognitive behavioural therapy versus supportive therapy for persistent positive symptoms in psychotic disorders: the POSITIVE Study, a multicenter, prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled clinical trialStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Trials 11:123. 2010.... - Neurocognitive indicators for a conversion to psychosis: comparison of patients in a potentially initial prodromal state who did or did not convert to a psychosisRalf Pukrop
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, D 50937 Cologne, Germany
Schizophr Res 92:116-25. 2007.... - Neurocognitive functioning in subjects at risk for a first episode of psychosis compared with first- and multiple-episode schizophreniaRalf Pukrop
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 28:1388-407. 2006..Results support a neurodevelopmental model of psychosis with further progressive mechanisms and are consistent with a primary involvement of left frontotemporal networks in the prodromal phase... - Randomized comparison of group cognitive behaviour therapy and group psychoeducation in acute patients with schizophrenia: effects on subjective quality of lifeAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Germany
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:144-50. 2010..The purpose of the present study was therefore to compare the effects of a brief group CBT and a group psychoeducational (PE) programme in patients with schizophrenia on QoL... - Recent approaches to psychological interventions for people at risk of psychosisAndreas Bechdolf
Early Recognition and Intervention, Centre for Mental Crises FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:159-73. 2006.... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the pre-psychotic phase: an exploratory studyAndreas Bechdolf
Cologne Early Recognition and Intervention Centre for Mental Crisis FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Psychiatry Res 136:251-5. 2005..The specificity of these effects needs to be explored in a controlled trial... - DAOA/G72 predicts the progression of prodromal syndromes to first episode psychosisRainald Mossner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:209-15. 2010..This is one of the first studies to identify a specific genetic factor for the progression of prodromal syndromes to schizophrenia, and further underscores the importance of the DAOA/G72 gene for schizophrenia... - The influence of baseline symptoms and insight on the therapeutic alliance early in the treatment of schizophreniaAndreas Wittorf
University of Tuebingen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 24:259-67. 2009..However, only few studies have examined the association between pretreatment characteristics and alliance formation in patients with schizophrenia... - Sensory gating in schizophrenia: P50 and N100 gating in antipsychotic-free subjects at risk, first-episode, and chronic patientsAnke Brockhaus-Dumke
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 64:376-84. 2008..Abnormal sensory gating in schizophrenia has frequently been reported; however, only limited data on unmedicated patients and patients at risk to develop a psychosis have, as yet, been available... - Preventing progression to first-episode psychosis in early initial prodromal statesA Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Germany
Br J Psychiatry 200:22-9. 2012.... - Maintenance treatment with risperidone or low-dose haloperidol in first-episode schizophrenia: 1-year results of a randomized controlled trial within the German Research Network on SchizophreniaWolfgang Gaebel
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Rhineland State Clinics Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1763-74. 2007..Accordingly, the hypothesis of whether 1-year relapse rate in first-episode schizophrenia under maintenance treatment with risperidone is lower compared to haloperidol in low dose was tested... - Intervention in at-risk states for developing psychosisStephan Ruhrmann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:S90-4. 2010..An overview on the current findings and ongoing research in this area is provided... - The German Research Network on Schizophrenia--impact on the management of schizophreniaWolfgang Wolwer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Postbox 12 05 10, D 40605 Düsseldorf, Germany
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 8:115-21. 2006.... - Neurophysiological correlates of impaired facial affect recognition in individuals at risk for schizophreniaWolfgang Wolwer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Schizophr Bull 38:1021-9. 2012..Such characterization should add to the question whether the neural processes underlying facial affect recognition deficits might be part of a basic neural dysfunction reflecting a vulnerability factor of schizophrenia... - Pharmacological prevention and treatment in clinical at-risk States for psychosisStephan Ruhrmann
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Head, Early Recognition and Intervention Centre For Mental Crisis FETZ Cologne, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Curr Pharm Des 18:550-7. 2012..Future prevention studies, however, need to solve the challenge of changing immediate transition rates, demanding for new risk enrichment strategies as a prerequisite for feasible trial designs... - Interventions in the initial prodromal states of psychosis in Germany: concept and recruitmentAndreas Bechdolf
Early Recognition and Intervention Centre for Mental Crisis FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 48:s45-8. 2005..Two intervention strategies are being studied by two large-scale multicentre projects... - Subjective quality of life in subjects at risk for a first episode of psychosis: a comparison with first episode schizophrenia patients and healthy controlsAndreas Bechdolf
Cologne Early Recognition and Intervention Centre for mental crises FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Schizophr Res 79:137-43. 2005..These findings support the notion that subjects at risk for a first episode of psychosis constitute a clinical population for which further service and intervention research is indicated... - Acute effects of treatment for prodromal symptoms for people putatively in a late initial prodromal state of psychosisS Ruhrmann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of the University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 51:s88-95. 2007..People in a putatively late prodromal state not only have an enhanced risk for psychosis but already suffer from mental and functional disturbances... - [Early course of illness in first episode schizophrenia with long duration of untreated illness - a comparative study]D Kohn
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität zu Köln
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 72:88-92. 2004.... - [Pathways to care: help-seeking behavior in first-episode psychosis]D Kohn
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität zu Köln
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 72:635-42. 2004.... - Facial and vocal affect perception in people at ultra-high risk of psychosis, first-episode schizophrenia and healthy controlsG Paul Amminger
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Early Interv Psychiatry 6:450-4. 2012..Deficits in emotion recognition may be present before the full expression of psychotic illness, and may contribute to the social cognition and social functioning deficits apparent in emerging psychotic disorders... - Deficient inhibitory cortical networks in antipsychotic-naive subjects at risk of developing first-episode psychosis and first-episode schizophrenia patients: a cross-sectional studyAlkomiet Hasan
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 72:744-51. 2012..However, there have been no previous studies investigating cortical excitability with particular regard to intracortical inhibitory networks in antipsychotic-naive subjects at risk of developing first-episode psychosis... - Psychoeducation with patients at-risk for schizophrenia--an exploratory pilot studyMarta Hauser
Early Recognition and Therapy Centre for Beginning Psychoses Berlin Brandenburg FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Medicine Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Patient Educ Couns 76:138-42. 2009..To introduce a psychoeducational program for patients of at-risk mental state and its preliminary evaluation... - Borderline personality features and development of psychosis in an 'Ultra High Risk' (UHR) population: a case control studyAndrew Thompson
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Orygen Youth Health, North Western Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Psychiatry, CARE Program, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Early Interv Psychiatry 6:247-55. 2012..Conclusions: Co-occurring BPD or BPD features does not appear to strongly influence the risk of short-term transition to psychosis or the risk of developing a non-affective psychotic disorder in this population... - Amygdala and insula volumes prior to illness onset in bipolar disorder: a magnetic resonance imaging studyAndreas Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Germany
Psychiatry Res 201:34-9. 2012..If these findings are confirmed, they suggest that imaging investigations could help to distinguish people who will subsequently develop bipolar disorder from those who will not, at least in symptomatically enriched samples... - A randomized comparison of group cognitive-behavioural therapy and group psychoeducation in acute patients with schizophrenia: outcome at 24 monthsA Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 112:173-9. 2005..At 6-month follow-up, the CBT group had shown significantly less re-hospitalization rates and on a descriptive level higher compliance with medication... - Reduced subjective quality of life in persons at risk for psychosisS Ruhrmann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 117:357-68. 2008..Subjective quality of life (sQoL) and potentially contributing factors were investigated in individuals putatively in an early (EIPS) or late initial prodromal state (LIPS) and healthy controls (HC)... - Early detection and secondary prevention of psychosis: facts and visionsHeinz Hafner
Central Institute of Mental Health, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 254:117-28. 2004.... - The phenomenological critique and self-disturbance: implications for ultra-high risk ("prodrome") researchBarnaby Nelson
ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Schizophr Bull 34:381-92. 2008..The strong explanatory power and empirical findings to date invite further research into the role of self-disturbance as a phenotypic vulnerability marker for psychotic disorder... - Back to the future: predicting and reshaping the course of psychotic disorderPatrick D McGorry
ORYGEN Research Centre and Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Rd, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:25-7. 2008