Who will have a good outcome among persons with psychotic illness

Abstract

Objective: To develop a scale measuring good outcome in persons with psychosis using items from the National Study of Low Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders; to determine a cut-off for delineating good outcome cases from other cases; and to examine factors associated with good outcome using data from the same study.Method: During the census conducted as part of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing Study of Low Prevalence Disorders, a total of 5,710 individuals were screened for symptoms of psychosis; 3,800 of these were screened-positive. A random sample of 980 individuals who were screened positive for psychosis were subsequently interviewed. A scale measuring good outcome was developed using items selected from the interview schedule, and its psychometric properties were established using data for the interviewed sample of 980 individuals. A cut-off delineating good outcome cases from other cases was determined. Subsequently the good outcome cases in the sample were compared with ...