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    • A Longitudinal Study of Semantic Networks in Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders Using the Word Association Task 

      Pintos, Andrea Stephanie; Hui, Christy Lai-Ming; De Deyne, Simon; Cheung, Charlton; Ko, Wai Tung; Nam, Suen Yi; Chan, Sherry Kit-Wa; Chang, Wing-Chung; Lee, Edwin Ho-Ming; Lo, Alison Wai-Fan; Lo, Tak-Lam; Elvevåg, Brita; Chen, Eric Yu-Hai (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-24)
      The underpinnings of language deviations in psychotic symptoms (eg, formal thought disorder, delusions) remain unclear. We examined whether the semantic networks underlying word associations are useful predictors of clinical outcomes in psychosis. Fifty-one patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders and 51 matched healthy controls generated words in a Cantonese continued word ...
    • What Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis? 

      Hui, Christy Lai-Ming; See, Sally Hiu-Wah; Chiu, Tsz-Ching; Pintos, Andrea Stephanie; Kroyer, Johanna M.; Suen, Yi-Nam; Lee, Edwin Ho-Ming; Chan, Sherry Kit-Wa; Chang, Wing-Chung; Elvevåg, Brita; Chen, Eric Yu-Hai (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-27)
      Among the numerous studies investigating semantic factors associated with functioning in psychotic patients, most have been conducted on western populations. By contrast, the current cross-sectional study involved native Cantonese-speaking Chinese participants. Using the category fluency task, we compared performance between patients and healthy participants and examined clinical and sociodemographic ...