[Long-term psychosocial outcome of young adult inpatients after a first manifestation of "neurotic" symptoms].
OBJECTIVE
It is often assumed that there is a predictive relationship between the onset of psychiatric disorder in young adulthood and the severity of their course. Because the significance is rather contradictive and poorly backed by empirical data, we have investigated this issue by a catamnestic approach.


METHODS
From 96 inpatients aged between 18 to 25 years with a first manifestation of a "psychogenetic" disorder 54 % were studied 8.6 +/- 1.5 year later.


RESULTS
In general there was a positive development as well psychopathological as social, although complete normalisation was not reached.


CONCLUSIONS
This result is almost identical with catamnestic findings with comparative studies on older patients . Our findings do not support the concept of negative predictive value of first manifestation of psychogenetic disorder in early adulthood.
Adler
Lothar
L
Okumenisches Hainich Klinikum, Mühlhausen. ladler@t-online.de
Whiele
Martin
M
Wolfersdorf
Manfred
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012917:Social Adjustment