[The dynamics of outcome predictors in the early phase of schizophrenic psychoses--an empirical study]

The interrelationship and predictive validity of certain outcome predictors were studied on 54 young schizophrenic patients. In the first year after outburst the illness shows a great variability and the course seems to be open. Neither the premorbid social adjustment nor the amount of negative symptoms seem to predict the course in the first year. But as in earlier studies the expectations of patient, relatives and staff show to have a certain predictive significance.