Psychiatric News (4/20) reports, “Nearly a third of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) had recovered at 10-year follow-up based on a standard clinical definition of recovery,” researchers concluded in a study using “a standard clinical definition of recovery focusing on remission of psychotic symptoms and adequate functioning to evaluate 142 patients” who “were recruited for the Thematically Organized Psychosis” study, as well as 117 healthy controls. Investigators also found that “recovery rates were higher still among FEP patients who had been diagnosed with bipolar spectrum disorder, with 50% meeting the criteria for recovery.” The findings were published online April 14 in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Related Links:
— “Study Examines Patient Recovery 10 Years After First-Episode Psychosis, Psychiatric News, April 20, 2022