Symptomatic remission and social/vocational functioning in outpatients with schizophrenia: Prevalence and associations in a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Although symptomatic remission in patients with schizophrenia is a realistic and reachable goal, future efforts should be directed to a sustained appropriate functioning in these patients.

Remission in schizophrenia: results of cross-sectional with 6-month follow-up period and 1-year observational therapeutic studies in an outpatient population

“…It has to be noted that 62% of patients were treated with a first-generation antipsychotic and only 12% with a second-generation antipsychotic. In contrast, a Spanish cross-sectional study using 80.1% second-generation antipsychotics, the rate of symptomatic remission was 44.8% (452 of 1,010 patients) [23]. Maintenance of remission status over a 6-month period without changes to current antipsychotic treatment constituted 82.8% of patients, which is very close to that reported in the previous study with the same follow-up duration [23].…”

“…In contrast, a Spanish cross-sectional study using 80.1% second-generation antipsychotics, the rate of symptomatic remission was 44.8% (452 of 1,010 patients) [23]. Maintenance of remission status over a 6-month period without changes to current antipsychotic treatment constituted 82.8% of patients, which is very close to that reported in the previous study with the same follow-up duration [23]. But for total outpatient population full remission criteria were only fulfilled in 26.1% of cases.…”

The development of a self-reported scale for measuring functionality in patients with schizophrenia—Self-reported version of the graphic Personal and Social Performance (SRG-PSP) scale

“…In addition to improving psychopathologies, improvement in social functionality has been defined as an important goal of treatment in patients with schizophrenia (Cohen et al, 2006;Matza et al, 2006;Bellack et al, 2007;San et al, 2007). Deficits in social functioning have been established as a defining characteristic of mental illness (Dickerson et al, 1999;Dickinson et al, 2007).…”

Şizofreni Hastalarında Öznel İyileşme İle Bilişsel İçgörü Arasındaki İlişkinin Araştırılması

“…Şizofrenide iyileşme kavramı sınırları tam belirli olmayan, değişik yaklaşımları içeren bir biçimde kullanılmıştır 2 . İyileşme için belirtilerin düzelmesi ya da şiddetinde azalma ve genel işlevsellik düzeyini dikkate alan çalışmaların yanısıra belirtileri çok ö-nemsemeksizin çalışma ve toplumsal yaşama katılma düzeyini ölçüt olarak kullanan çalışmaların sayısı da giderek artmaktadır [3][4][5][6] . İyileşme kavramı; umut, benlik saygısı, yaşam doyumu, toplumsal kaynaklardan yararlanabilme, sorumluluk alma, tatmin edici ilişkiler, amaç belirleme, hastalığı kabullenme, belirti yönetimi ve damgalama ile mü-cadele gibi öğeleri içerir 7 .…”