T78. long-term prognosis of schizophrenia - results from the northern finland birth cohort 1966

DiscussionBased on this naturalistic sample, progression of schizophrenia may follow a variety of different trajectories. Poor clinical course is common but not necessary outcome. Our results indicate heterogeneous and still relatively unsatisfactory prognosis of schizophrenia in this sample. Several predictors of outcomes have been found, and especially factors related to illness onset and high lifetime cumulative dose of antipsychotics are of interest. Birth cohort setting offers unique possibility to study long-term prognosis of schizophrenia.
Source: Schizophrenia Bulletin - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research