Prevalence and prognosis of schizophrenia in Jinuo people in China: A prospective 30-year follow-up study

Conclusions:
During the three decades, there was no increasing trend for schizophrenia prevalence in Jinuo society; however, the prognosis of schizophrenia was not optimistic. In the natural, untreated status, schizophrenia patients with an illness duration of more than 20 years had more serious symptoms.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yang, J., Kang, C., Zeng, Y., Li, J., Li, P., Wan, W., Zhao, X., Guo, W., Xu, X., Yang, X., Li, Q., Liu, X., Pauline, S.-C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research