West London first-episode study of schizophrenia. Clinical correlates of duration of untreated psychosis

Seeks to determine whether, in first-episode schizophrenia, a longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) or of untreated illness (DUI) is associated with clinical variables that could mediate a poor prognosis. Clinical, social, neuropsychological and oculomotor function data on 53 patients with fi...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2000-09 (177), p.207-211
Main Authors: Barnes, T R E, Hutton, S B, Chapman, M J, Mutsatsa, S, Puri, B K, Joyce, E M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical variables
Correlates
Duration
England
London
Schizophrenia
Untreated
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Summary:Seeks to determine whether, in first-episode schizophrenia, a longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) or of untreated illness (DUI) is associated with clinical variables that could mediate a poor prognosis. Clinical, social, neuropsychological and oculomotor function data on 53 patients with first-episode schizophrenia were related to the DUP and DUI. Comparing short and long DUP groups split around the median showed no statistically significant differences (except age); patients in the latter group tended to perform worse on an executive attentional set-shifting task and were more likely to be unemployed and living alone or homeless. (Original abstract - amended)
ISSN:0007-1250