“…In summary, on the background of an extensive literature on long‐term outcome in SZ, SA, and BD in terms of positive, negative, and general symptoms, functionality, QoL, and service engagement across various diagnostic combinations at varying stages of illness, the present prospective findings inform on comparative long‐term outcome in MDDP. Importantly, apparent differences in PANSS psychopathology, functioning, QoL, and service engagement between diagnoses were quantitative rather than qualitative, with considerable overlap between them.…”