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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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