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Paranoidism and memory deficits: An epidemiological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

C.M. Calahorro
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Unidad de Salud Mental, Granada, Spain
M. Guerrero Jiménez
Affiliation:
Santa Ana Hospital, Psychiatry, Motril- Granada, Spain
B.M. Girela Serrano
Affiliation:
Santa Ana Hospital, Psychiatry, Motril- Granada, Spain
J.E. Muñoz Negro
Affiliation:
Universitary Hospital Complex of Granada, Psychiatry, Granada, Spain

Abstract

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Background

The Green et al. Paranoid Thought Scales (GPTS) was developed to fulfill a need for a tool that was adapted to the current dimensional definition of paranoia, capable to assess dimensions of preoccupation, conviction, and distress, valid and reliable for the assessment of both clinical and healthy populations, and precise enough to detect subtle clinical change. It has recently been validated for the Spanish population (S-GPTS) with very good psychometric properties. Numerous studies suggest that patients with severe psychiatric disorders have impaired sustained attention and memory. A wide spectrum of executive deficits have also been described (goal-oriented tasks, recognizing priority patterns, planning, etc.) Very few studies have attempted to identify whether these same relationships between neuropsychological deficits and psychotic symptoms also occur in general population.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study. We undertook a multistage sampling using different standard stratification levels and out of the 5496 eligible participants finally approached, 4507 (83.7%) agreed to take part in the study, completed the interview and were finally included in the study (n = 4507).

Results

Individuals with high cut off S-GPTS scores showed lower scores in working memory subtest verbal statistically significant(P > .05). While no significant difference was found among for immediate verbal learning subtest and high S-GPTS scores (P > .05654).

Discussion

This information can improve the clinician's understanding of patient's cognitive strength and weaknesses, put patients’ cognitive abilities into perspective for their diagnosis, and facilitate multidisciplinary treatment decisions as we improve our ability to distinguish clinical cases from non-clinical population.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Epidemiology and social psychiatry
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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