Our team examines the long-term clinical relevance of clinical high risk (CHR) symptoms and criteria in terms over and above general psychopathology and outside clinical samples in the Bernese community. The main question is if CHR criteria predict lower psychosocial functioning over and above the assessment of general psychopathology, and how much this is influenced by age. Further aims are to examine (1) the persistence rate and clinical relevance of CHR symptoms (i.e., their relation to functioning, mental disorders, need for care, and life satisfaction), (2) predictors of their persistence and new occurrence, and (3), (self-)stigmatisation experiences of persons with mental problems. We use telephone interviews and online surveys for assessment.
