Open AccessAssociation Between Duration of Untreated Psychosis and Outcome in Cohorts of First-Episode Patients
Author(s) -
Max Marshall,
Shôn Lewis,
Austin Lockwood,
Richard Drake,
Peter B. Jones,
Tim Croudace
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.62.9.975
Subject(s) - dup , psychosis , anxiety , confounding , psychology , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , gene duplication , gene , paleontology , biology
Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is the time from manifestation of the first psychotic symptom to initiation of adequate treatment. It has been postulated that a longer DUP leads to a poorer prognosis. If so, outcome might be improved through earlier detection and treatment.
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