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Facial Emotion Recognition and Disorganization in Subjects with Schizophrenia and Alcohol, Substance Use Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

F. Castellano ,
A. Lax ,
G. Gamba ,
J. Santambrogio ,
M. Tremolada ,
F. Amidani ,
A. Rossetti ,
E. Capuzzi ,
C. Crocamo  and
R. Nava
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F. Castellano
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
A. Lax
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
G. Gamba
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
J. Santambrogio
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
M. Tremolada
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
F. Amidani
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
A. Rossetti
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy
E. Capuzzi
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo – Monza, Monza, (MB), Italy
C. Crocamo
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo – Monza, Monza, (MB), Italy
R. Nava
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo – Monza, Monza, (MB), Italy
G. Carrà
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo – Monza, Monza, (MB), Italy
C. Papagno
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, (MB), Italy
M. Clerici
Affiliation:
PhD Program in Neuroscience – Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Schizophrenia (SKZ) is a disease characterized by positive and negative symptoms, thoughts and behaviour disorganization with a progressive socio-cognitive impairment1; deficits in facial emotion recognition (FER) represent one of the most serious problems linked to interpersonal problems2. In addition, these patients have often comorbid condition of alcohol and substances abuse3.

Objectives

to compare the ability of FER in patients with SKZ using alcohol and/or substances (SKZ+SUD) compared to schizophrenics without SUD (SUD-SKZ).

Methods

we enrolled 53 subjects (M=40, F=13) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of SKZ (SCID I). The sample was divided according to alcohol and/or substance abuse (AUS and DUS) into two groups, compared for socio-demographic and clinic characteristics (PANSS and Bell model4). We analyzed the association between abuse condition and Ekman test performance.

Results

SKZ+SUD (n=20; M=16, F=4) and SKZ-SUD (n=33; M=24, F=9) show a statistically significant age difference with a mean (SD) of 38.4 years (10.5) and 46.0 years (8.7) respectively (p=0.006). SKZ+SUD Ekman test score (mean=43.1, SD=6.9) was statistically higher (p=0.006) than SKZ-SUD (mean=34.6, SD=12.0). The different performance was more evident in comparison with poly-abusers (44.94±7.05 vs 12.04±34.6; p=0.002). We further noticed the role of disorganization as a mediator of the relationship between abuse and FER score (p=0.017): the proportion of the effect of abuse on Ekman test score was 48%.

Conclusions

In subjects with SKZ, FER seems to be less impaired in abusers than non-abusers. We also showed an important role of thoughts and behavioral disorganization as a mediator between SKZ+SUD and FER.

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Article: 1232
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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