Rate and risk factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese patients presenting with first-episode non-affective psychosis in Hong Kong》.pdf

Schizophrenia Research 168 (2015) 99–105 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Schizophrenia Research journal homepage: /locate/schres Rate and risk factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese patients presenting with first-episode non-affective psychosis in Hong Kong Wing Chung Chang a,b,⁎, Rowan Cheung a, Christy Lai Ming Hui a, Jingxia Lin a, Sherry Kit Wa Chan a,b, Edwin Ho Ming Lee a, Eric Yu Hai Chen a,b a Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong b State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Background: Depressive symptoms are a distinct symptom dimension in psychotic disorders and are associated Received 21 April 2015 with elevated suicide risk, and poorer clinical and functional outcomes. Previous research on depressive symp- Received in revised form 14 July 2015 toms mainly focused on chronic patients and few studies were conducted to investigate factors associated Accepted 23 July 2015 with depression in the early illness course. We aimed to examine the prevalence and risk factors of depressive Available online 30 July 2015 symptoms, and their impacts on functioning, subjective quality of life (QoL) and self-efficacy in first-episode non-affective psychosis. Keywords: Method: Three hundred fifty-one