Title
Remission and Relapse in Schizophrenia: The Madras Longitudinal Study
Abstract
This paper uses monthly symptom data on 90 first-onset schizophrenics in Madras, India, to characterize, in a continuous manner, the course of remission and relapse. Remission from the first episode occurs in about 6 months and in about 3 months for later episodes. Syndromes from the Present State Exam, assessed at the first episode, predict differentially to early and later parts of the course. Hypomania and simple depression predict early remission from the first episode; flat affect and grandiose delusions predict longer episodes and shorter remissions later in the course.
Department(s)
Master of Public Health
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199806000-00006
Publication Date
1998
Recommended Citation
Eaton, William W., R. Thara, Elizabeth Federman, and Allen Tien. "Remission and relapse in schizophrenia: the Madras Longitudinal Study." The Journal of nervous and mental disease 186, no. 6 (1998): 357-363.
Journal Title
The Journal of nervous and mental disease 186
