Mamah Daniel
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
J Psychiatr Brain Sci. 2023;8(2). doi: 10.20900/jpbs.20230005. Epub 2023 May 26.
The risk for developing schizophrenia is increased among first-degree relatives of those with psychotic disorders, but the risk is even higher in those meeting established criteria for clinical high risk (CHR), a clinical construct most often comprising of attenuated psychotic experiences. Conversion to psychosis among CHR youth has been reported to be about 15-35% over three years. Accurately identifying individuals whose psychotic symptoms will worsen would facilitate earlier intervention, but this has been difficult to do using behavior measures alone. Brain-based risk markers have the potential to improve the accuracy of predicting outcomes in CHR youth. This narrative review provides an overview of neuroimaging studies used to investigate psychosis risk, including studies involving structural, functional, and diffusion imaging, functional connectivity, positron emission tomography, arterial spin labeling, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and multi-modality approaches. We present findings separately in those observed in the CHR state and those associated with psychosis progression or resilience. Finally, we discuss future research directions that could improve clinical care for those at high risk for developing psychotic disorders.
患有精神障碍者的一级亲属患精神分裂症的风险会增加,但在符合既定临床高危(CHR)标准的人群中风险更高,CHR这一临床概念通常主要包括精神病性症状的衰减。据报道,CHR青年在三年期间发展为精神病的转化率约为15% - 35%。准确识别那些精神病性症状会恶化的个体将有助于早期干预,但仅使用行为测量方法很难做到这一点。基于脑的风险标志物有可能提高预测CHR青年结局的准确性。这篇叙述性综述概述了用于研究精神病风险的神经影像学研究,包括涉及结构、功能和扩散成像、功能连接、正电子发射断层扫描、动脉自旋标记、磁共振波谱以及多模态方法的研究。我们分别呈现CHR状态下观察到的结果以及与精神病进展或恢复相关的结果。最后,我们讨论未来的研究方向,这些方向可能会改善对有发展为精神病性障碍高危风险者的临床护理。