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Ten‐year course of schizophrenia—the Madras longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Thara R.,
Henrietta M.,
Joseph A.,
Rajkumar S.,
Eaton W. W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01602.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , context (archaeology) , psychosis , psychiatry , longitudinal study , psychology , negative symptom , medicine , pediatrics , geography , archaeology , pathology
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.