How DUP predicts the dynamic of outcome in the long-term course of schizophrenia –20-year follow-up study

Background/Objectives: The „Cracow Study on the Course of Schizophrenia“ is a prospective, real-time study. The duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is an important predictor of the course of schizophrenia. The presented study investigates in which way DUP correlates with long-term outcomes of treatment and the course of illness. Methods: 64 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM IV (i.e. 80% of the initially enrolled participants, n=80) took part in 1, 3, 7, 12 and 20 follow-ups. Their average age was 27.3 years at the time of the first episode. Among others, the Predictors Chart, Follow-Up Cha…