Abstract

Ten-Year Course of Schizophrenia – the Madras Longitudinal Study

Thara R~~Henrietta M~~et al

Year: 1994 Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, v.90, no.5, (1994), p.329-336 SIEC No: 19980483

90 first-episode patients fulfilling ICD-9 criteria for schizophrenia were followed up prospectively for 10 years in a study in Madras, India. Complete assessments were possible on 76 subjects. Predictors of poor course & longer time spent in psychosis were identified. All positive & negative symptoms showed a steep decline at the end of the 10 years. 4 patients had committed suicide during the 10 years between intake & follow-up. (21 refs.)