Shaped before birth: Obstetric complications identify a more severe clinical phenotype among patients presenting a first affective or non-affective episode of psychosis

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 151; pp. 461 - 468
• Main Authors: Sagué-Vilavella, Maria, Amoretti, Silvia, Garriga, Marina, Mezquida, Gisela, Williams, Evelyn, Serra-Navarro, Maria, Forte, Maria Florencia, Varo, Cristina, Montejo, Laura, Palacios-Garran, Roberto, Madero, Santiago, Sparacino, Giulio, Anmella, Gerard, Fico, Giovanna, Giménez-Palomo, Anna, Pons-Cabrera, Maria Teresa, Salgado-Pineda, Pilar, Montoro Salvatierra, Irene, Sánchez Gistau, Vanessa, Pomarol-Clotet, Edith, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Undurraga, Juan, Reinares, María, Martínez-Arán, Anabel, Pacchiarotti, Isabella, Valli, Isabel, Bernardo, Miguel, Garcia-Rizo, Clemente, Vieta, Eduard, Verdolini, Norma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Clinical phenotypes; Early intervention; First episode psychosis; Neurodevelopmental hypothesis; Obstetric complications; First episode psychosis; Early intervention; Obstetric complications; Clinical phenotypes; Neurodevelopmental hypothesis

Obstetric complications (OCs) may contribute to the heterogeneity that characterizes psychiatric illness, particularly the phenotypic presentation of first episode psychoses (FEP). Our aim was to examine the relationship between OCs and socio-demographic, clinical, functioning and neuropsychological...