Coping and the stages of psychosis: an investigation into the coping styles in people at risk of psychosis, in people with first‐episode and multiple‐episode psychoses

• Published in: Early intervention in psychiatry Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 147 - 155
• Main Authors: Kommescher, Mareike, Gross, Sonja, Pützfeld, Verena, Klosterkötter, Joachim, Bechdolf, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; coping; Female; first‐episode schizophrenia; Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data; high‐risk research; Humans; Male; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; prodrome; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; Psychosis; Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Psychotic Disorders - therapy; Recurrence; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data; schizophrenia; Statistics as Topic; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; schizophrenia; high-risk research; prodrome; coping; first-episode schizophrenia

Aim The concept of coping is central to recent models of psychosis. The aim of the present paper is to explore whether specific coping styles relate to certain stages of the disorder. Methods Thirty‐nine clients at clinical high risk (CHR) of first‐episode psychosis, 19 clients with first‐episode ps...