Associations between childhood adversity, cognitive schemas and attenuated psychotic symptoms.
Allison M LoPilatoYinghao ZhangMadeline PikeJean M AddingtonCarrie E BeardenKristin S CadenheadTyrone D CannonBarbara A CornblattDaniel H MathalonThomas H McGlashanLarry SeidmanDiana O PerkinsMing T TsuangScott W WoodsElaine F WalkerPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2020)
Cognitive vulnerability in the form of negative schemas about others may be one mechanism linking childhood threat experiences and attenuated psychotic symptoms. The results underscore the importance of targeting negative schemas in interventions to mitigate psychosis risk.