Psychiatrists effect on positive symptom severity and daily functioning during pharmacotherapy for first-episode psychosis patients.

ABSTRACT: Clinical outcomes after a first-episode of psychosis (FEP) are heterogeneous. Many patient-related factors such as gender and comorbidity have been studied to predict symptomatic outcomes. However, psychiatrist-related factors such as prescription behaviour and gender have received little attention. We assessed the relationship between patients' psychiatrists, psychosis severity and daily functioning in 201 patients remitted from an FEP for a duration of one year, treated by 18 different psychiatrists. We controlled for baseline severity, dose and type of antipsychotic medication, frequency of visits, and patients' education. Symptom severity, daily functioning, and antipsychotic drug use were assessed at baseline and at 3, 6, and, 12 months follow-up. We found that psychiatrists accounted

SUBMITTER: de Beer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447264 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature