Apathy is associated with executive functioning in first episode psychosis

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical variables for 71 FEP patients

	Mean	SD
Age (years)	27.4	8.1
Education (years)	12.5	2.7
DUP (weeks) median/range	30	1–1040
GAF symptoms	42.8	14.0
GAF function	46.1	14.4
AES-C-Apathy	27.2	7.1
PANSS total score	60.5	15.1
PANSS positive	14.4	5.1
PANSS negative	14.7	5.8
PANSS general	31.3	7.4
CDSS	6.4	4.5
	N	%
Male gender	37	52%
Living alone	63	89%
Diagnosis
Schizophrenia spectrum group	36	51%
Affective psychosis gorup	15	21%
Other psychosis group	20	28%

Abbreviations: DUP, duration of untreated psychosis; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; CDSS, Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia spectrum group [schizophrenia (N = 30), schizophreniform (N = 6)]; Affective psychosis group [major depressive psychosis with mood incongruent psychosis (N = 12), Bipolar (N = 3)]; Other psychosis group [psychosis NOS (N = 13, brief psychosis (N = 6), delusional disorder (N = 1)]

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