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I. Course of Illness, Stability of Diagnosis, and the Role of a Special Maintenance Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. A. Curson ,
T. R. E. Barnes ,
R. W. Bamber ,
S. D. Piatt ,
S. R. Hirsch  and
J. C. Duffy
D. A. Curson*
Affiliation:
Bowden House Clinic, London Road, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex H Al 3JL and Honorary Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Guy∗s Hospital Medical School, London
T. R. E. Barnes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
R. W. Bamber
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital, London
S. D. Piatt
Affiliation:
MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
S. R. Hirsch
Affiliation:
Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London
J. C. Duffy
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (From The Academic Unit for Clinical Psychopharmacology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London)
*
∗Correspondence
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Summary

A follow-up study of all patients entering the MRC double-blind trial of fluphenazine decanoate in chronic schizophrenic out-patients achieved a trace rate of 94%. In general, these patients were severely disabled, continued under the care of the maintenance clinic, and their diagnoses remained remarkably consistent; more than one-fifth were found to be in acute schizophrenic relapse and in over a half of these cases, the relapse was not known to the treatment agency. The maintenance clinic attenders were little different from those who no longer used such a facility.

Type
Long-term Depot Maintenance of Chronic Schizophrenic Out-patients: The Seven Year Follow-up of the Medical Research Council Fluphenazine/Placebo Trial
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 5 , May 1985 , pp. 464 - 469
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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