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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2005) 187: 286-287
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Longitudinal follow-up in acute and transient psychotic disorders and schizophrenia

Frank Pillmann, MD and Andreas Marneros, MD, MDhc

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Correspondence: Dr Frank Pillmann, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06097 Halle, Germany. Tel: +49 345 557 4560; fax: +49 345 557 3500; e-mail: frank.pillmann{at}medizin.uni-halle.de

Declaration of interest None.

Funding detailed in Acknowledgement.

We prospectively studied the long-term course of individuals with acute and transient psychotic disorders and a control group with positive schizophrenia matched for age and gender. Follow-up investigations using standardised instruments were performed at three time-points covering 7 years after the index episode or 12 years after the first episode. During follow-up, those with positive schizophrenia experienced a deterioration in their general functioning whereas those with acute and transient psychotic disorders retained their high level of functioning. At the end of the observation period, 12 outof 39 (31%) of those with acute and transient psychotic disorders were functioning well without medication compared with 0 out of 38 with positive schizophrenia.


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