Vincenzo Caretti, Anna Chiara Franquillo, Camilla Guccione, Gaia Cuzzocrea, Riccardo Pecora, Lucrezia Trani, Renato Carpentieri, Arianna Cantiano, Francesca Cinelli, Eleonora Betti, Andrea Fontana, Lucia Sideli, Isabella Panaccione, Patrizia Brogna, Chiara Caprì, Gianluigi Di Cesare, Giuseppe Ducci
Objective: To investigate the association between prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia, autonomic activity, and personality functioning. Method: 10 adolescents underwent semi-structured interviews assessing prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia and personality functioning. Cardiac activity was recorded at baseline, during the clinical interviews, and at recovery to assess concurrent changes in autonomic functioning. Results: During the assessment of prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia, participants increased sympathetic activation compared to the recovery condition, and reduced vagal activation compared to the assessment of interpersonal functioning...
December 2021: Clinical Neuropsychiatry