
Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis.
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Lunsford-Avery, JR; Dean, DJ; Mittal, VA
Published in: Schizophr Res
December 2017
Sleep disturbance contributes to impaired procedural learning in schizophrenia, yet little is known about this relationship prior to psychosis onset. Adolescents at ultra high-risk (UHR; N=62) for psychosis completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and a procedural learning task (Pursuit Rotor). Increased self-reported problems with sleep latency, efficiency, and quality were associated with impaired procedural learning rate. Further, within-sample comparisons revealed that UHR youth reporting better sleep displayed a steeper learning curve than those with poorer sleep. Sleep disturbances appear to contribute to cognitive/motor deficits in the UHR period and may play a role in psychosis etiology.
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Schizophr Res
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1573-2509
Publication Date
December 2017
Volume
190
Start / End Page
160 / 163
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Sleep Wake Disorders
- Sleep
- Self Report
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Schizophrenia
- Risk
- Psychotic Disorders
- Psychiatry
- Prodromal Symptoms
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Lunsford-Avery, J. R., Dean, D. J., & Mittal, V. A. (2017). Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res, 190, 160–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.025
Lunsford-Avery, Jessica R., Derek J. Dean, and Vijay A. Mittal. “Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis.” Schizophr Res 190 (December 2017): 160–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.025.
Lunsford-Avery JR, Dean DJ, Mittal VA. Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res. 2017 Dec;190:160–3.
Lunsford-Avery, Jessica R., et al. “Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis.” Schizophr Res, vol. 190, Dec. 2017, pp. 160–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.025.
Lunsford-Avery JR, Dean DJ, Mittal VA. Self-reported sleep disturbances associated with procedural learning impairment in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res. 2017 Dec;190:160–163.

Published In
Schizophr Res
DOI
EISSN
1573-2509
Publication Date
December 2017
Volume
190
Start / End Page
160 / 163
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Sleep Wake Disorders
- Sleep
- Self Report
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Schizophrenia
- Risk
- Psychotic Disorders
- Psychiatry
- Prodromal Symptoms