title: The Ullevål acute ward follow-up study: a personal 7-year follow-up of patients with functional psychosis admitted to the acute ward of a catchment area.
abstract: Eighty-eight patients were admitted to the acute ward of a catchment area suffering from the following functional psychoses: schizophrenia (S; n = 41), affective disorder (AD; n = 22), other disorders (OD; n = 25). Follow-up data were obtained for 97%. Ten patients were dead at follow-up, 8 due to suicide. Sixty-five were personally interviewed. While nearly all the patients had only brief periods of rehospitalization, most had used neuroleptics during the follow-up period. Compared to other samples, functioning at follow-up was fairly good for the AD and OD patients, but rather poor for the S patients.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department B, Ullevål University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hauff
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Island
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaglum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome