%0 Journal Article
%T Impacto de la duraci¨®n de la psicosis no tratada en pacientes con primer episodio psic¨®tico: Estudio de seguimiento a un a£¿o
%A Apiqui¨¢n-Guitart
%A Rogelio
%A Fres¨¢n-Orellana
%A Ana
%A Garc¨ªa-Anaya
%A Mar¨ªa
%A L¨®yzaga-Mendoza
%A Cristina
%A Nicolini-S¨¢nchez
%A Humberto
%J Gaceta m¨¦dica de M¨¦xico
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X background: the delay on the onset of specific treatment has several prognostic implications for psychotic patients. duration of untreated psychosis (dup) has been considered a prognostic variable. a longer dup has been associated with a poor clinical outcome. objective: to determine the dup in a sample of first-episode psychotic patients and its relationship with recovery and relapse on a one-year follow-up study. material and methods: a sample of 66 first-episode psychotic patients was recruited and divided according to their diagnoses in affective and non-affective psychoses. diagnoses were obtained with scan and dup was registered for each patient. a clinical assessment for psychotic and affective symptoms was performed using standardized instruments. results: all patient studied showed clinical improvement during follow-up. patients with a longer dup showed poorer psychosocial adjustment and lower recovery indexes. treatment suspension was the main variable associated with relapse. conclusions: dup is an important prognostic variable. early detection programs are required to decrease the period between illness onset, diagnosis and treatment in first-episode psychotic patients.
%K untreated psychosis
%K first-episode psychosis
%K recovery
%K relapse.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0016-38132006000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en