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Identifying Youth At Clinical High Risk: What’S The Emotional Impact?, K A. Woodberry, K S. Powers, C Bryant, D Downing, M Verdi, L Kennedy, D I. Shapiro, R Girgis, G Brucato, D Huang, F M. Crump, C M. Corcoran, L I. Seidman, B Link, W R. Mcfarlane, L Yang
Identifying Youth At Clinical High Risk: What’S The Emotional Impact?, K A. Woodberry, K S. Powers, C Bryant, D Downing, M Verdi, L Kennedy, D I. Shapiro, R Girgis, G Brucato, D Huang, F M. Crump, C M. Corcoran, L I. Seidman, B Link, W R. Mcfarlane, L Yang
Maine Medical Center
Background:
Early intervention in major mental illness promises to improve the lives of those identified.
• But could identifying youth as at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis also do harm given that the majority never develop a psychotic disorder?
• Could telling someone they are at risk for psychosis activate internalized stigma that has been associated with increased emotional distress, social withdrawal, non-engagement in treatment, and suicide risk in CHR youth?
• Within the context of a larger study of stigma in CHR, we compared emotional responses to the CHR concept assessed before and after clinical feedback by study …