bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Subtyping First-Episode Psychosis based on Longitudinal Symptom Trajectories Using Machine Learning
September 2024 • Yanan Liu, Sara Jalali, Ridha Joober, Martín Lepage, Srividya N. Iyer, Jai Shah, David Benrimoh
Abstract Clinical course after first episode psychosis (FEP) is heterogeneous. Subgrouping longitudinal symptom trajectories after FEP would be useful for developing personalized treatment approaches, and being able to predict these trajectories at baseline would facilitate individual-level treatment planning. We utilized k-means clustering to identify distinct clusters of 411 FEP patients based on longitudinal positive and negative symptom patterns. Ridge logistic regression was then used to identify predictors o…