Background: Hopelessness has been a widely studied phenomenon in psychotic disorders. However, previous evidence of hopelessness in at-risk state of psychosis is lacking. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate associations between at-risk state of psychosis and the level of hopelessness, the secondary aim being to investigate, at item-level, hopelessness differences in hopelessness profile of adolescents at risk of psychosis.
Methods: Hopelessness was assessed with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and risk of psychosis with the PROD screen by an early detection team at the Helsinki University Central Hospital in a sample of 200 help-seeking adolescents between 11 and 22 years of age. Of them, 66 were classified as belonging to the at-risk of psychosis group and 134 to the not-at-risk of psychosis group.
Results: The at-risk group scored higher in total sum scores of hopelessness than the not-at-risk group (9.15 vs. 6.63, P = 0.002). In an additional analysis of the BHS, the sub-item "I have great faith in the future" (P < 0.001) differed by risk status of psychosis after correction for multiple analysis. In a logistic regression analysis, BHS subfactor III (sum scores of items "I can't imagine what my life would be like in 10 years" and "I don't expect to get what I really want") explained (P = 0.047) the at-risk status of psychosis after age, gender and other BHS subfactors had been adjusted for.
Conclusions: Adolescents at risk of psychosis have higher hopelessness than other help-seekers. In light of a heightened possibility of suicidal behaviour, psychiatric care should pay attention to these findings.
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