Facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia: An exploratory study on the role of comorbid alcohol and substance use disorders and COMT Val158Met.

Giuseppe CarràGabriella NicoliniAnnamaria LaxFrancesco BartoliFilippo CastellanoAlessia ChiorazziGiulia GambaMattia BavaCristina Crocamo Costanza Papagno

Published in: Human psychopharmacology (2017)

This study is the first to date examining the impact of AUDs/SUDs and COMT variants on FER in an epidemiologically representative sample of subjects with schizophrenia. Our findings do not suggest an additional impairment from comorbid AUDs/SUDs on FER among subjects with schizophrenia, whilst COMT Val158Met, though based on a limited sample, might have a role just among those without AUDs/SUDs. Based on our results, additional research is needed also exploring differential roles of various substances.

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