Childhood maltreatment and social cognition deficits across the psychosis spectrum: Evidence from the PREGAP study

Borja Pedruzo; Clàudia Aymerich; Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo; Jose Manuel Rodríguez-Sánchez; Patxi Fernández Gil; Lander Madaria MSc; Garazi Acasuso; A. Arnaiz; Ana González-Pinto; Daniel Alonso-Alconada; Miguel Ángel González Torres; A. Catalan

doi:10.1016/j.sjpmh.2025.12.003

January 1, 2026Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental HealthOpen Access

Childhood maltreatment and social cognition deficits across the psychosis spectrum: Evidence from the PREGAP study

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Social cognition deficits significantly relate to childhood maltreatment, affecting theory of mind and facial emotion recognition.
The study highlights how early psychosis is influenced by childhood maltreatment, showing specific deficits in social cognition.
Assessment involved longitudinal data from the PREGAP study, focusing on various social-cognitive domains.
Findings underline the importance of trauma-informed assessment, indicating potential for improving functional outcomes.

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Observational analysis reveals social cognition deficits in early psychosis due to childhood maltreatment, suggesting a need for targeted interventions.

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CM contributes independently and additively to social-cognitive variation in early psychosis, with subtype-domain specificity most evident for theory of mind and facial emotion recognition. Findings support trauma-informed assessment within early intervention services and motivate longitudinal, mechanistic, and interventional work to test whether targeting CM-related mechanisms improves social cognition and functional outcomes.

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