Altered Emotion Processing Linked With Poor Psychosis Outcomes

https://www.psychcongress.com/node/324592

In a large sample of people at high risk for psychosis, baseline abnormalities in recognizing negative emotion were associated with a low level of overall functioning at a 12-month follow-up.

Decreased gray matter volume in brain regions involved in processing anger and fear was also linked with lower functioning at follow-up. Researchers published their findings online in JAMA Psychiatry.

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I have normal emotional processing. It’s good.

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