Factors Associated with the Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia in India Results of a Two-Year Multicentre Follow-Up Study

Verghese, Abraham; John, Jewel; Rajkumar, S.; Richard, J.; B. Sethi, B.; K. Trivedi, Jitendra

doi:10.1192/bjp.154.4.499

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Factors Associated with the Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia in India Results of a Two-Year Multicentre Follow-Up Study

Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry • Apr 1, 1989

Authors:

Abraham Verghese

Jewel John

S. Rajkumar

Abstract

The paper describes the two-year follow-up results from 323 out of 386 patients fulfilling a modified version of Feighner's criteria for diagnosis of schizophrenia, in Lucknow, Vellore, and Madras. There was remission in 66% of cases. Short duration of illness, consistent compliance with medication,...

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Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

Depression (economics)

Psychiatry

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