Childhood dyspraxia predicts adult-onset nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorder
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Childhood dyspraxia predicts adult-onset nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorder. / Schiffman, Jason; Mittal, Vijay; Kline, Emily; Mortensen, Erik L.; Michelsen, Niels; Ekstrom, Morten; Millman, Zachary B.; Mednick, Sarnoff A.; Sorensen, Holger J.
In: Development and Psychopathology, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2015, p. 1323-1330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Childhood dyspraxia predicts adult-onset nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorder
AU - Schiffman, Jason
AU - Mittal, Vijay
AU - Kline, Emily
AU - Mortensen, Erik L.
AU - Michelsen, Niels
AU - Ekstrom, Morten
AU - Millman, Zachary B.
AU - Mednick, Sarnoff A.
AU - Sorensen, Holger J.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Several neurological variables have been investigated as premorbid biomarkers of vulnerability for schizophrenia and other related disorders. The current study examined whether childhood dyspraxia predicted later adult nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders. From a standardized neurological examination performed with children (aged 10-13) at genetic high risk of schizophrenia and controls, several measures of dyspraxia were used to create a scale composed of face/head dyspraxia, oral articulation, ideomotor dyspraxia (clumsiness), and dressing dyspraxia (n = 244). Multinomial logistic regression showed higher scores on the dyspraxia scale predict nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders relative to other psychiatric disorders and no mental illness outcomes, even after controlling for genetic risk, χ2 (4, 244) = 18.61, p <.001. Findings that symptoms of dyspraxia in childhood (reflecting abnormalities spanning functionally distinct brain networks) specifically predict adult nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders are consistent with a theory of abnormal connectivity, and they highlight a marked early-stage vulnerability in the pathophysiology of nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders.
AB - Several neurological variables have been investigated as premorbid biomarkers of vulnerability for schizophrenia and other related disorders. The current study examined whether childhood dyspraxia predicted later adult nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders. From a standardized neurological examination performed with children (aged 10-13) at genetic high risk of schizophrenia and controls, several measures of dyspraxia were used to create a scale composed of face/head dyspraxia, oral articulation, ideomotor dyspraxia (clumsiness), and dressing dyspraxia (n = 244). Multinomial logistic regression showed higher scores on the dyspraxia scale predict nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders relative to other psychiatric disorders and no mental illness outcomes, even after controlling for genetic risk, χ2 (4, 244) = 18.61, p <.001. Findings that symptoms of dyspraxia in childhood (reflecting abnormalities spanning functionally distinct brain networks) specifically predict adult nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders are consistent with a theory of abnormal connectivity, and they highlight a marked early-stage vulnerability in the pathophysiology of nonaffective-psychosis-spectrum disorders.
U2 - 10.1017/S0954579414001436
DO - 10.1017/S0954579414001436
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26439077
AN - SCOPUS:84973311129
VL - 27
SP - 1323
EP - 1330
JO - Development and Psychopathology
JF - Development and Psychopathology
SN - 0954-5794
IS - 4
ER -
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