Lucas Elio González1, Raquel López-Carrilero2, Maria Luisa Barrigón3, Eva Grasa4, Ana Barajas5, Esther Pousa6, Fermín González-Higueras7, Isabel Ruiz-Delgado8, Jordi Cid9, Esther Lorente-Rovira10, Trinidad Pélaez11, Susana Ochoa12. 1. Hospital de Emergencias Psiquiátricas 'Torcuato de Alvear', Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro Integral de Psicoterapias con Soporte Empítico (CIPSE), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. 2. Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. 3. Department of Psychiatry, IIS-Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain; Psychiatry Service, Area de Gestión Sanitaria Sur Granada, Motril, Granada, Spain. 4. Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica-Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. 5. Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. 6. Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Salut Mental Parc Taulí, Sabadell (Barcelona), Hospital Universitari - UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Neuropsiquiatria i Addicions, Hospital del Mar, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain. 7. Comunidad Terapéutica Jaén Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Jaén, Spain. 8. Unidad de Salud Mental Comunitaria Malaga Norte, UGC Salud Mental Carlos Haya, Servicio Andaluz de Salud Málaga, Spain. 9. Mental Health & Addiction Research Group, IdiBGi, Institut d'Assistencia Sanitària, Girona, Spain. 10. Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Psychiatry Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Spain. 11. Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. 12. Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: sochoa@pssjd.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The reasoning bias of jumping to conclusions (JTC) consists of a tendency to make assumptions having little information. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the differences in neuropsychological functioning between recent onset psychotic patients who jump to conclusions and those who do not jump to conclusions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and twenty-two patients with a recent onset of a psychotic disorder were assessed with three JTC tasks and a neuropsychological battery exploring verbal learning, memory, attention, psychomotor speed, visuoperceptual abilities, working memory, problem solving, executive functioning. RESULTS: A total of 29.7% (n=36) of the individuals jumped to conclusions in Task 1, 14.0% (n=17) in Task 2, and 15.7% (n=19) in Task 3. People who jump to conclusions in three tasks scored significantly worse in many neuropsychological domain deficits, including attention (p<0.001-0.020), psychomotor speed (p<0.001), working memory (p<0.001-0.040), and executive functioning (p<0.001-0.042). DISCUSSION: The present study demonstrates that JTC is present even in early stages of the illness, and that there is a relationship between JTC and neuropsychological functioning.
BACKGROUND: The reasoning bias of jumping to conclusions (JTC) consists of a tendency to make assumptions having little information. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the differences in neuropsychological functioning between recent onset psychoticpatients who jump to conclusions and those who do not jump to conclusions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and twenty-two patients with a recent onset of a psychotic disorder were assessed with three JTC tasks and a neuropsychological battery exploring verbal learning, memory, attention, psychomotor speed, visuoperceptual abilities, working memory, problem solving, executive functioning. RESULTS: A total of 29.7% (n=36) of the individuals jumped to conclusions in Task 1, 14.0% (n=17) in Task 2, and 15.7% (n=19) in Task 3. People who jump to conclusions in three tasks scored significantly worse in many neuropsychological domain deficits, including attention (p<0.001-0.020), psychomotor speed (p<0.001), working memory (p<0.001-0.040), and executive functioning (p<0.001-0.042). DISCUSSION: The present study demonstrates that JTC is present even in early stages of the illness, and that there is a relationship between JTC and neuropsychological functioning.
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Authors: M Ferrer-Quintero; D Fernández; R López-Carrilero; I Birulés; A Barajas; E Lorente-Rovira; L Díaz-Cutraro; M Verdaguer; H García-Mieres; J Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones; A Gutiérrez-Zotes; E Grasa; E Pousa; E Huerta-Ramos; T Pélaez; M L Barrigón; F González-Higueras; I Ruiz-Delgado; J Cid; S Moritz; S Ochoa Journal: NPJ Schizophr Date: 2021-12-09
Authors: M Ferrer-Quintero; D Fernández; R López-Carrilero; I Birulés; A Barajas; E Lorente-Rovira; A Luengo; L Díaz-Cutraro; M Verdaguer; H García-Mieres; A Gutiérrez-Zotes; E Grasa; E Pousa; E Huerta-Ramos; T Pélaez; M L Barrigón; J Gómez-Benito; F González-Higueras; I Ruiz-Delgado; J Cid; S Moritz; J Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones; S Ochoa Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Date: 2022-07-08 Impact factor: 5.760