ArticlePsychological medicine2025
Network analysis of relationships among psychopathology, cognitive function, and psychosocial functioning in independent samples of Chinese with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
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backgroundHow psychotic symptoms, depressive symptoms, cognitive deficits, and functional impairment may interact with one another in schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is unclear.
methodsThis study explored these interactions in a discovery sample of 339 Chinese, of whom 146 had first-episode schizophrenia and 193 had bipolar disorder. Psychotic symptoms were assessed using the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale; depressive symptoms, using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; cognitive deficits, using tests of processing speed, executive function, and logical memory; and functional impairment, using clinical assessments. Network models connecting the four types of variables were developed and compared between men and women and between disorders. Potential causal relationships among the variables were explored through directed acyclic graphing. The results in the discovery sample were compared to those obtained for a validation sample of 235 Chinese, of whom 138 had chronic schizophrenia and 97 had bipolar disorder.
resultsIn the discovery and validation cohorts, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder showed similar networks of associations, in which the central hubs included 'disorganized' symptoms, depressive symptoms, and deficits in processing speed during the digital symbol substitution test. Directed acyclic graphing suggested that disorganized symptoms were upstream drivers of cognitive impairment and functional decline, while core depressive symptoms (e.g. low mood) drove somatic and anxiety symptoms.
conclusionsOur study advocates for transdiagnostic, network-informed strategies prioritizing the mitigation of disorganization and depressive symptoms to disrupt symptom cascades and improve functional outcomes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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