[Clinical course and outcome of schizophrenia in Cali. A 10-year follow-up study]

The present paper offers a summary description of the findings from the 10 year follow-up of a group of 101 schizophrenics who where included in the W.H.O. International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia. It is based on a prospective study conducted with the use of standardized instruments and with clinical evaluations performed by the same examiners at the beginning and end phases. A classificatory outline of the varieties of clinical course observed throughout the follow-up period is presented, as well as a description of several aspects of the social and clinical condition of cases at the time of the final observation. The possibility of finding predictors of the outcome of the disorder is explored through the use of multivariate methods and a series of comments and conclusions are formulated.