THE MANNHEIM LONG-TERM SCHIZOPHRENIA PROJ ECT - INITIAL RESULTS ON COURSE AND OUTCOME 14 YEARS AFTER FIRST ADMISSION

A 14-year follow-up was accomplished on 56 out of a total of 70 patien ts first admitted to hospital with Schneiderian first-rank symptoms, D ata collected during 5 years after index admission were also at our di sposal, Three quarters of the probands are living alone, and barely on e third are in regular employment, At the time of the 14-year follow-u p about one third showed delusions or hallucinations, Almost the same number had psychological impairments, and 64 % were socially disabled. Comparison with the data collected at 1 year and 5 years reveals no d ifference in the rates of impairments and symptomatology, but a signif icant increase of social disability.