title: Schizophreniform disorder: a 1-year follow-up study.
abstract: The study reports the preliminary data from a small 12-patient sample assessed at the time of their first psychotic episode and diagnosed as having a schizophreniform disorder. After a 1-year follow-up period all the patients were newly evaluated on clinical and global functioning variables, using clinical diagnosis as an outcome measure. A diagnostic stability in the schizophrenic spectrum was found.
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, S. Maria di Collemaggio Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casacchia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Cataldo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roncone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology