“…Recent studies suggest that significant memory deficits are present in adolescent patients (Brickman et al, 2004;Fagerlund et al, 2006;Landro & Ueland, 2008;Oie, Sundet, & Rund, 1999;Roofeh et al, 2006), allowing early examination of the functional mechanisms putatively impaired in psychotic disorders. Importantly, memory deficits in young patients are reported regardless of the specific aetiology of psychosis, i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychotic features, or psychosis not otherwise specified (Doré, Caza, Gingras, Maziade, & Rouleau, 2009;Doré, Caza, Gingras, & Rouleau, 2007;McClellan, Prezbindowski, Breiger, & McCurry, 2004;Roofeh et al, 2006), suggesting common impairment to memory processes. Given that episodic memory deficits appear to threaten the functional outcome of patients, understanding how memory processes relate to psychosis at an early stage is essential for developing early and theoretically driven interventions (Fujii & Wylie, 2003;Green, Kern, Braff, & Mintz, 2000;Velligan, Bow-Thomas, Mahurin, Miller, & Halgunseth, 2000).…”