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ArticleScientific reports2019

Onset of schizophrenia diagnoses in a large clinical cohort.

Jorge Lopez-Castroman, José Miguel Leiva-Murillo, Fanny Cegla-Schvartzman, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Rebeca Garcia-Nieto, Antonio Artes-Rodriguez, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar, Philippe Courtet, Carlos Blanco, Fuensanta Aroca and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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11 authors.

Jorge Lopez-CastromanINSERM Unit 1061 and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. jorgecastroman@gmail.com.
José Miguel Leiva-MurilloDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, Carlos III University, Edif. Torres Quevedo, Avda. Universidad 30, 28911, Leganes, Madrid, Spain.
Fanny Cegla-SchvartzmanDepartment of Psychiatry Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Hilario Blasco-FontecillaDepartment of Psychiatry, IDIPHIPSA-Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, CIBERSAM, UAM, Madrid, Spain.
Rebeca Garcia-NietoDepartment of Psychiatry Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Antonio Artes-RodriguezDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, Telecommunication Engineering Faculty, Carlos III University, Edif. Torres Quevedo, Avda. Universidad 30, 28911, Leganes, Madrid, Spain.
Consuelo Morant-GinestarDepartment of Mental Health, Madrid Regional Health Council, Madrid, Spain.
Philippe CourtetINSERM Unit 1061 and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Carlos BlancoDepartment of Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, USA.
Fuensanta ArocaInstituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, Mexico city, Mexico.
Enrique Baca-GarcíaDepartment of Psychiatry Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to describe the diagnostic patterns preceding and following the onset of schizophrenia diagnoses in outpatient clinics. A large clinical sample of 26,163 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in at least one outpatient visit was investigated. We applied a Continuous Time Hidden Markov Model to describe the probability of transition from other diagnoses to schizophrenia considering time proximity. Although the most frequent diagnoses before schizophrenia were anxiety and mood disorders, direct transitions to schizophrenia usually came from psychotic-spectrum disorders. The initial diagnosis of schizophrenia was not likely to change for two of every three patients if it was confirmed some months after its onset. When not confirmed, the most frequent alternative diagnoses were personality, affective or non-schizophrenia psychotic disorders. Misdiagnosis or comorbidity with affective, anxiety and personality disorders are frequent before and after the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Our findings give partial support to a dimensional view of schizophrenia and emphasize the need for longitudinal assessment.

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AdultAnxiety DisordersCohort StudiesComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleMood DisordersPersonality DisordersPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaSchizophrenic Psychology

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PMCPMC6614465

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