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Associations of neural processing of reward with posttraumatic stress disorder and secondary psychotic symptoms in trauma-affected refugees.
Uldall, Sigurd Wiingaard; Nielsen, Mette Ødegaard; Carlsson, Jessica; Glenthøj, Birte; Siebner, Hartwig Roman; Madsen, Kristoffer Hougaard; Madsen, Camilla Gøbel; Leffers, Anne-Mette; Nejad, Ayna Baladi; Rostrup, Egill.
Afiliação
  • Uldall SW; Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry (CTP), Mental Health Centre Ballerup, Ballerup, Denmark.
  • Nielsen MØ; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Carlsson J; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Glenthøj B; Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) & Centre for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.
  • Siebner HR; Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry (CTP), Mental Health Centre Ballerup, Ballerup, Denmark.
  • Madsen KH; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Madsen CG; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Leffers AM; Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR) & Centre for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.
  • Nejad AB; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
  • Rostrup E; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Eur J Psychotraumatol ; 11(1): 1730091, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32194922
ABSTRACT

Background:

Psychological traumatic experiences can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Secondary psychotic symptoms are not common but may occur.

Objectives:

Since psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia have been related to aberrant reward processing in the striatum, using the same paradigm we investigate whether the same finding extends to psychotic and anhedonic symptoms in PTSD.

Methods:

A total of 70 male refugees 18 PTSD patients with no secondary psychotic symptoms (PTSD-NSP), 21 PTSD patients with secondary psychotic symptoms (PTSD-SP), and 31 healthy controls (RHC) were interviewed and scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a monetary incentive delay task. Using region of interest analysis of the prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum, we investigated reward-related activity.

Results:

Compared to RHC, participants with PTSD had decreased neural activity during monetary reward. Also, participants with PTSD-SP exhibited decreased activity in the associative striatum relative to participants with PTSD-NSP during processing of motivational reward anticipation which correlated with severity of psychotic symptoms. However, the difference between the two PTSD groups disappeared when PTSD severity and trauma exposure were accounted for.

Conclusions:

Anhedonia and secondary psychotic symptoms in PTSD are characterized by dysfunctional reward consumption and anticipation processing, respectively. The latter may reflect a mechanism by which abnormal reward signals in the basal ganglia facilitates psychotic symptoms across psychiatric conditions.
RESUMEN
Antecedentes Las experiencias traumáticas psicológicas pueden conducir al trastorno de estrés postraumático (TEPT). Los síntomas psicóticos secundarios no son comunes, pero pueden ocurrir.

Objetivos:

Dado que los síntomas psicóticos de la esquizofrenia se han relacionado con el procesamiento aberrante de recompensas en el cuerpo estriado, utilizando el mismo paradigma, investigamos si el mismo hallazgo se extiende a los síntomas psicóticos y anhedónicos en el TEPT.

Método:

Un total de 70 refugiados varones 18 pacientes con TEPT sin síntomas psicóticos secundarios (TEPT-NSP), 21 pacientes con TEPT con síntomas psicóticos secundarios (TEPT-SP) y 31 controles sanos (RHC) fueron entrevistados y escaneados con Imagen por resonancia magnética funcional (fMRI en su sigla en inglés) durante una tarea de retraso de incentivo monetario. Mediante el análisis de la región de interés de la corteza prefrontal y el estriado ventral, investigamos la actividad relacionada con la recompensa.

Resultados:

En comparación con los RHC, los participantes con TEPT habían disminuido la actividad neuronal durante la recompensa monetaria. Además, los participantes con TEPT-SP exhibieron disminución de la actividad en el estriado asociativo en relación con los participantes con TEPT-NSP durante el procesamiento de la anticipación de recompensa motivacional, lo cual estuvo correlacionado con la gravedad de los síntomas psicóticos. Sin embargo, la diferencia entre los dos grupos de TEPT desapareció cuando se controlaron la gravedad del TEPT y la exposición al trauma.

Conclusiones:

La anhedonia y los síntomas psicóticos secundarios en el TEPT se caracterizan por un consumo de recompensa disfuncional y un procesamiento de anticipación, respectivamente. Este último puede reflejar un mecanismo por el cual las señales de recompensa anormales en los ganglios basales facilitan los síntomas psicóticos a través de afecciones psiquiátricas.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article