Reappraising the long-term course and outcome of psychotic disorders: the AESOP-10 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of the long-term course and outcome of psychoses tend to focus on cohorts of prevalent cases. Such studies bias samples towards those with poor outcomes, which may distort our understanding of prognosis. Long-term follow-up studies of epidemiologically robust first-episode samples are rare.

Method

AESOP-10 is a 10-year follow-up study of 557 individuals with a first episode of psychosis initially identified in two areas in the UK (South East London and Nottingham). Detailed information was collated on course and outcome in three domains (clinical, social and service use) from case records, informants and follow-up interviews.

Results

At follow-up, of 532 incident cases identified, at baseline 37 (7%) had died, 29 (6%) had emigrated and eight (2%) we

SUBMITTER: Morgan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4134320 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature