Open AccessProspective study of duration of untreated psychosis and outcome of never-treated patients with schizophrenia in India
Author(s) -
Jagadisha Thirthalli,
Naveen Kumar Channaveerachari,
D. K. Subbakrishna,
Linda B. Cottler,
Mathew Varghese,
Bangalore N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.91905
Subject(s) - dup , schizophreniform disorder , positive and negative syndrome scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis , psychology , psychiatry , psychopathology , medicine , prospective cohort study , clinical psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene duplication , gene , schizoaffective disorder
Longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is known to be associated with poorer outcome of schizophrenia. DUP is also known to be longer in lower- and middle-income countries. Methodologically sound studies that have examined the association of DUP and outcome of schizophrenia in these countries are lacking.