Psychosis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age between 16 and 40 years old - First psychotic episode, with a classification of schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder or psychosis not otherwise specified. - Patients need to be antipsychotic medication naïve. Short treatment in the past with antipsychotics is permitted if patients received a dose and duration of the treatment not high enough to expect response. - Patients who are or will be treated with antipsychotics. - Comorbidity is allowed. - The participant needs to understand the study and is able to provide written informed consent. - We will ask patients not to take benzodiazepines 24 hours before the EEG recordings.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Coercive measures - A history of mental retardation, - Organic brain damage - Organic psychosis. - Patients who are pregnant of patients who are breastfeeding.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Remission or response based on PANSS scores | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional well-being, DNA methylation, | — |
Contacts
umc Utrecht