Citation

Friis S, Hauff E, Island TK, Lorentzen S, Melle I, Vaglum P. Psychopathology 1991; 24(5): 316-327.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Karger Publishers)

DOI

10.1159/000284732

PMID

1784708

Abstract

Eighty-eight patients were admitted to the acute ward of a catchment area suffering from the following functional psychoses: schizophrenia (S; n = 41), affective disorder (AD; n = 22), other disorders (OD; n = 25). Follow-up data were obtained for 97%. Ten patients were dead at follow-up, 8 due to suicide. Sixty-five were personally interviewed. While nearly all the patients had only brief periods of rehospitalization, most had used neuroleptics during the follow-up period. Compared to other samples, functioning at follow-up was fairly good for the AD and OD patients, but rather poor for the S patients.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Age Factors; Catchment Area, Health; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Norway; Psychotic Disorders; Sex Factors; Treatment Outcome