A One Year Prospective Study of the Effect of Life Events and Medication in the Aetiology of Schizophrenic Relapse

R. Hirsch, Steven; Bowen, Jo; Emami, Javad; Cramer, Philip; Jolley, Anthony; Haw, Camilla; Dickinson, Mark

doi:10.1192/bjp.168.1.49

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A One Year Prospective Study of the Effect of Life Events and Medication in the Aetiology of Schizophrenic Relapse

Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry • Jan 1, 1996

Authors:

Steven R. Hirsch

Jo Bowen

Javad Emami

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We set out to determine whether and to what degree life events independent of illness increase the risk of relapse in schizophrenia following withdrawal from medication in the previous 6 months, either by triggering a relapse in the following 4 weeks or by acting cumulatively over time. ...

Subject

Etiology

Psychiatry

Prospective cohort study

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