Characteristics | Statistics |
---|---|
Diagnosis N (%) | |
 Schizophrenia | 32 (43.2) |
 Schizoaffective disorders | 42 (56.8) |
Age at onset | |
 Mean ± SD | 22.83 (10.06) |
 Range | 13–53 |
Duration of untreated psychosis | |
 Mean months ± SD | 26.05 (53.85) |
 Range | 24–564 |
Comorbidities N (%) | |
 Anxiety disorders | 7 (9.5) |
 Personality disorders | 8 (11.0) |
 Alcohol abuse/dep | 9 (12.3) |
 Other subst abuse/dep | 16 (21.9) |
Previous clinical course N (%) | |
 Episodic with remission | 11 (14.9) |
 Episodic without remission | 17 (23.0) |
 Continuous | 42 (56.8) |
 Non specified | 4 (5.4) |
Previous hospital adm N (%) | |
 Yes | 47 (63.5) |
 No | 27 (36.5) |
Previous suicide attempts N (%) | |
 Yes | 20 (27) |
 No | 54 (73) |
Previous legal problems N (%) | |
 Yes | 6 (8.1) |
 No | 68 (91.9) |
Treatments N (%) | |
 Antipsychotics | 74 (100.0) |
 Mood stabilizers | 17 (23.0) |
 Antidepressants | 19 (25.7) |
 Anxiolytics | 42 (56.7) |
 Other | 13 (17.6) |
 Psychotherapy | 9 (12.1) |
 Rehabilitation programmes | 16 (21.6) |
Remission N (%) | |
 Clinical | 40 (54.1) |
 Functional | 22 (29.7) |
 Clinical + functional (recovery) | 20 (27.0) |