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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2011 Nov 4;46(1):105–110. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.09.019

Table 5.

Study and Authors Sample Characteristics
APS(Attenuated
Psychotic Symptoms)
BLIPS(Brief Limited
Psychotic Symptoms)
Trait (Genetic risk)
Duration and
Instruments
Rates of Conversion to
Psychosis
Personal Assessment and
Crisis Evaluation Clinic
(PACE)
Nelson et al., 2011
Sample size=817

Help- seeking

83 percent with APS
27 percent with Trait
6 months

Comprehensive
Assessment for At Risk
Mental State
(CAARMS)
72/817 = 9 percent

APS alone=9.4 percent

APS + Trait = 8.7
percent
North America Prodrome
Longitudinal Study
(NAPLS)
Cannon et al., 2008
Sample size=291

Help- seeking

97 percent with APS
30 months

Structured Interview for
Prodromal Symptoms
(SIPS)
82/291 = 28 percent

Conversion rate
increased to 52 percent
among 118 individuals
with APS+Genetic Risk
Outreach and Support in
South London (OASIS)
Fusar-Poli et al., 2010
Sample size=152

Help- seeking

Ultra-High Risk (all three
groups)
24 months

CAARMS
24/152 = 15.6 percent
European Prediction of
Psychosis Study (EPOS)
Ruhrmann et al., 2010
Sample size=245

Help-seeking

Ultra-High Risk (all 3
groups) and Basic-
Symptom based COGDIS
18 months

SIPS
and
Bonn Scalefor the
Assessment of Basic
Symptoms (BSABS)
37/183 = 20 percent

By UHR criteria
21 percent

By COGDIS criteria
19 percent
Edinburgh High-Risk
Study (EHRS)

Johnstone et al., 2005
Sample size = 163

Young adults with family
history of schizophrenia
(two affected relatives)
30 months 20/147 = 13 percent

Presence of schizotypy
increased likelihood of
conversion
UCLA Study

Schlosser et al., 2011
Sample size=84

Help- seeking

Ultra-High Risk
24 months

SIPS
27/84 = 32 percent
Orygen Youth Health
(OHY)

Yung et al., 20008
Sample size=119

Help- seeking

Ultra-High Risk
24 months

CAARMS
19/119 = 16 percent