Working memory function and affective interference in patients with early psychosis

Working memory function and affective interference in patients with early psychosis - Affective working memory in psychosis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29865

Enrollment

Registered

2006-10-16

Start date

2006-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

psychosis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all patients (treated or untreated) with a diagnosis of *first episode psychosis*, suggestive for the schizophrenia are eligible to participate in the study. The age range is between 16 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Uncorrected visus disturbances, any neurological, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases; pregnancy; other relevant psychiatric disorders. Subjects will also be excluded when they cannot understand the Dutch language sufficiently to understand the purposes and implications of the experiment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Group differences between psychotic and healthy control subjects in working memory performance. Effect of affective interference on working memory performance and the interaction between group and affective interference.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Influence of medication and actual psychopathology on working memory performance for emotional expression and identity of faces.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results