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Not All First-episode Patients Relapse<br />
• 207 persons with first-episode<br />
schizophrenia<br />
100<br />
• 24 had only a single episode in<br />
7.5 years<br />
75<br />
• Predictors* of a single episode<br />
included shorter duration of<br />
untreated psychosis and more<br />
rapid time to response to<br />
medication<br />
50<br />
25<br />
• Single-episode patients all<br />
stopped taking antipsychotic<br />
medication during follow-up<br />
period**<br />
0<br />
Single Episode<br />
Multiple Episode<br />
*Including only predictors that survived adjustment for multiple testing; **Personal communication Alvarez-Jimenez<br />
Alvarez-Jimenez M, et al. Schizophr Res. 2011;125:236-246.<br />
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