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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Sustained Exposure to Independent Life Events and Progressive Intolerance to Stress Predict Symptom Worsening in Individuals at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Ivanka Ristanovic
    Northwestern University
  • Teresa Vargas
    Northwestern University
  • Henry Cowan
    Northwestern University
  • Vijay Mittal
    Northwestern University

Abstract

In individuals at clinical-high risk for psychosis, exposure to independent life events and impaired tolerance to stress are associated with symptom worsening over a one-year period while a decrease in exposure and improved stress tolerance are related to more favorable outcomes.

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