Ten-year Course of Schizophrenia--the Madras Longitudinal Study

Overview

Journal Acta Psychiatr Scand

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 1994 Nov 1

PMID 7872036

Citations 32

Authors

R Thara

M Henrietta

A Joseph

S Rajkumar

W W Eaton

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Abstract

Ninety first-episode patients fulfilling ICD-9 criteria for schizophrenia were followed up prospectively for 10 years. Complete assessments were possible on 76. The pattern of illness was good in 67% of the cases, and the commonest patterns was one with recurrent episodes. Predictors of poor course and longer time spent in psychosis were identified. All positive and negative symptoms showed a steep decline at the end of 10 years. The results are discussed in the context of longitudinal research on the course of schizophrenia in developing countries.

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