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Assessment and correlates of autistic symptoms in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders measured with the PANSS Autism Severity Score: A systematic review.
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- Associations of inflammatory biomarkers with brain atrophy and clinical scores in schizophrenia patients with autistic features.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- What Does the PANSS Autism Severity Score (PAUSS) Really Measure in Patients With First Episode Psychosis? Critical Considerations.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autistic traits in unaffected first-degree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: implications for shared familial neurodevelopmental vulnerability.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- What autism features in first episode psychosis? Results from a 2-year follow-up study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Identifying overlapping and distinctive traits of autism and schizophrenia using machine learning classification.Cognitive neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Association between autistic features and empathy in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025Article
- International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Review
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- The Moderating Role of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Schizophrenia on the Relationship between Autistic Traits and Psychosis Expression in the General Population.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2025Article
- A Cross-sectional Conceptual Replication and Longitudinal Evaluation of the PANSS-Autism-Severity-Score Measure Suggests it Does Not Capture Autistic Traits in Individuals With Psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Autistic Features in Patients with Initial-Treatment and Drug-Naive Schizophrenia.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Definition, assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia: expert opinion and practical recommendations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Autistic symptoms in unaffected first-degree relatives of people with schizophrenia: results from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Validation and reliability test of Chinese language patient-reported impact of symptoms in schizophrenia scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are considered separate entities, but the two spectra share important similarities, and the study of these areas of overlap represents a field of growing scientific interest. The PANSS Autism Score (PAUSS) was recently developed specifically to assess autistic symptoms in people living with SSD reliably and quickly. The aims of the present systematic review were to provide a comprehensive assessment of the use of the PAUSS scale in available literature and to systematically analyze cognitive, functional and neurobiological correlates of autistic symptoms measured with this instrument in SSD. The systematic literature search included three electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO) as well as a manual search in Google Scholar and in reference lists of included papers. Screening and extraction were conducted by at least two independent reviewers. Out of 213 identified records, 22 articles referring to 15 original studies were included in the systematic review. Studies were conducted in several different countries by independent groups, showing consistent scientific interest in the use of the scale; most works focused on cognitive and functional correlates of ASD symptoms, but some also considered neurobiological features. Results of included studies showed that autistic symptoms in people with SSD are consistently associated with worse cognitive performance, especially in the social cognition domain, and with worse psychosocial functioning. However, the presence of autistic symptoms appears to also have a protective role, particularly on functioning, in subjects with more severe psychotic symptoms. Further exploring the impact of autistic symptoms could be of significant scientific and clinical interest, allowing the development of tailored interventions to improve treatment for people living with SSDs.
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