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The Danish National Schizophrenia project. Outcome and treatment modalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B. Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Center Glostrup, Ndr. Ringvej, Glostrup, Denmark
S. Harder
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
M. Lajer
Affiliation:
Augustenborg Hospital, Augustenborg, Denmark
A. Koester
Affiliation:
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
A. Lindhardt
Affiliation:
Amager Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
P. Knudsen
Affiliation:
Risskov Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
K. Valbak
Affiliation:
Private Practise, Copenhagen, Denmark
G. Winther
Affiliation:
Private Practise, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

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Aims

To describe the rationale, design and methods of the Danish national Schoizophrenia Project, and to characterise the sample at inclusion and after 1 and 2 ys.

Method

Prospective, comparative,longitudinal multicenter-study (16 centers distributed all over Denmark), including 562 patients with a first episode psychosis, ICD 10 F- 2, sduccessively referred during two years.

Patients were treated with three different intervention types

1. supportive psychodynamic as a supplement to treatmen as usual, including antipsychotics (TAU), 2. assertive, integrated treatment with psychosocial and psychoeducation and antipsychotics 3. Treatment as usual. Data included psychopathology, social fundtion and sociodemographic data, at baseline, years 1 and 2.

Result

Comparing the three interventions showed a significantly better outcome for the interventions 1 and 2 than 3, TAU.

Type
W13. Workshop: First Episode Psychosis, The Danish National Schizophrenia Project
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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