Outcome in early-onset schizophrenia revisited: Findings from the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre long-term follow-up study

GP Amminger; LP Henry; SM Harrigan; MG Harris; M Alvarez-Jimenez; H Herrman; HJ Jackson; PD Mcgorry

Journal article

Outcome in early-onset schizophrenia revisited: Findings from the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre long-term follow-up study

GP Amminger, LP Henry, SM Harrigan, MG Harris, M Alvarez-Jimenez, H Herrman, HJ Jackson, PD Mcgorry

Schizophrenia Research | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.009

Abstract

To compare the long-term outcome in individuals with early-onset (before age 18) and adult-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorder who were initially diagnosed and treated in the same clinical center. Method: A prospective follow-up study of 723 consecutive first-episode psychosis patients (age range 14 to 30. years) on average 7.4. years after initial presentation to an early psychosis service, the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The outcome measures included the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Schedule for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, the Social and Occupational ..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a series of grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (grant number 350241) and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (grant number 91-0084C), together with generous funding from the Colonial Foundation to the Orygen Research Centre. The sponsors did not participate in the design or conduct of this study: in the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the preparation, review, approval, or decision to submit this manuscript for publication.