Sarah Berretta

Associations Between Area Deprivation and Paranoia in Serious Mental Illness AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Though linked to paranoia in the general population and high-risk groups, neighborhood deprivation remains underexplored

Check out our paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin is out: “Associations Between Area Deprivation and Paranoia in Serious Mental Illness." We found that greater neighborhood disadvantage predicted clinician and self-rated paranoia, but not hallucinations. doi.org/10.1093/schb...

New paper in Journal of Psychiatric Research!
First impressions of individuals with schizophrenia were less favorable than controls, even without diagnostic labels. In some cases, labels further lowered social judgments during first impressions. Check it out: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lZAD55vZH...

Automated speech and language markers of longitudinal changes in psychosis symptoms NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience - Automated speech and language markers of longitudinal changes in psychosis symptoms

Very excited to share our new paper available open-access via @dpn_journal! We evaluated objected features derived from automated speech and language processing as markers of #psychosis symptoms over time. 1/6

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North Shore Therapeutics is presenting our preliminary findings suggesting that our AR prototype is promising for targeting negative symptoms in #schizophrenias! Check it out - Poster S11 #TIPS2024.

A bit late… but excited to announce a paper in Schizophrenia Research: Cognition!

We found that emotion processing and theory of mind show different associations with self-reported aggression in schizophrenia.

Open access, if you want to check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.scog…

Protocol for evaluation of iTEST, a novel blended intervention to enhance introspective accuracy in psychotic disorders - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience Introspective accuracy is the ability to assess one’s own skills and performance. Impairment in introspective accuracy is common among people with psychotic disorders, and poor introspective accuracy ...

🆕 in DPN from @sarahberretta.bsky.social et al:

"Protocol for evaluation of iTEST, a novel blended intervention to enhance introspective accuracy in psychotic disorders"

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)