Describe the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS) and implications for prevention and intervention

What will be an ideal response?


• Study
- Longitudinal study
- Focus on understanding the psychosis prodrome and those at-risk for developing a psychotic disorder
- Found that genetic risk, unusual thought content and lower social functioning highly predicted later psychotic disorder
- Also studied developmental pathway
- Identified changes in gray matter and white matter
• Implications
- Prevention and intervention of those at high-risk
- Understanding predictors can lead to early intervention and/or prevention, when possible

Psychology

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a. 0.7734 c. 0.2734 b. 0.2266 d. 0.3085

Psychology

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a. ?growth orientation b. ?conditions of worth c. ?self-actualization d. ?deficiency orientation

Psychology

The simplest of all experimental designs is the two-group posttest-only randomized experiment

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Are chubby babies at risk for later overweight and obesity? How can concerned parents prevent their infants from becoming overweight children and adults?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology