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ArticleEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2026

Subjective language disturbances in young patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR): what relevance for clinical prognosis? A 2-year follow-up study.

Lorenzo Pelizza, Andrea Berti, Alessandro Di Lisi, Michele La Maida, Emanuela Leuci, Emanuela Quattrone, Derna Palmisano, Simona Pupo, Giuseppina Paulillo, Clara Pellegrini and 2 more

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  1. Basic symptoms of psychosis-from historical foundations to current evidence.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2026
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Lorenzo PelizzaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna (BO), Italy. lorenzo.pelizza@unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-2061
Andrea BertiDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Alessandro Di LisiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna (BO), Italy.
Michele La MaidaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna (BO), Italy.
Emanuela LeuciDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Emanuela QuattroneDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Derna PalmisanoDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Simona PupoPain Therapy Service, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Giuseppina PaulilloDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Clara PellegriniDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Pietro PellegriniDepartment of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, PR, Italy.
Marco MenchettiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna (BO), Italy.

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introductionLanguage impairment has the potential to predict the onset and progression of psychosis. However, it was mainly examined using automated extraction of quantitative linguistic features and their associations with observable psychopathological aspects of psychosis (e.g., formal thought disorders). Little interest has been paid to subjective language disturbances that should phenomenologically anticipate these more objective clinical features. Therefore, the aim of this examination was to investigate subjective language disorders in a Ultra-High Risk (UHR) sample and their associations with clinical and functional outcomes along 2 years of follow-up.

methods170 UHR participants (88 [51.8%] females; mean age = 19.52 ± 6.03 years) were assessed for a broad range of clinical outcomes, including psychosis transition, clinical and functional remission measured with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale. Comparisons between patients with or without baseline subjective language disorders (specifically explored with the Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument) were analyzed using Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney tests, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, and binary logistic regression analysis.

resultsAcross the follow-up, the UHR subgroup with language disorders at entry (n = 80) showed higher and more enduring severity in psychopathology (especially negative and disorganized features), as well as poorer socio-occupational functioning over time.

conclusionThe presence of subjective language disturbances at baseline identifies a subgroup of UHR youths with poorer psychopathological and functional prognosis. Further studies examining their association with quantitative linguistic biomarkers are needed, especially to better predict the onset and progression of psychosis.

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Language DisordersPsychotic DisordersAdolescentAdultDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleProdromal SymptomsPrognosisRiskYoung AdultBasic symptomsEarly intervention in psychosisFormal thought disorderLanguage disorderOutcomeUltra-High risk

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