The Ullevål Acute Ward Follow-Up Study: A Personal 7-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Functional Psychosis Admitted to the Acute Ward of a Catchment Area

Authors:
  • EHEdvard Hanff
    Edvard Hanff
  • TIThor Kristian Island
    Thor Kristian Island
  • SLSteinar Lorentzen
    Steinar Lorentzen
  • IMIngrid Melle
    Ingrid Melle
  • PVPer Vaglum
    Per Vaglum
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Abstract
Eighty-eight patients were admitted to the acute ward of a catchment area suffering from the following functional psychoses: schizophrenia (S; n = 41), affective disorder (AD; n = 22), other disorders (OD; n = 25). Follow-up data were obtained for 97%. Ten patients were dead at follow-up, 8 due to suicide. Sixty-five were personally interviewed. While nearly all the patients had only brief periods of rehospitalization, most had used neuroleptics during the follow-up period. Compared to other samples, functioning at follow-up was fairly good for the AD and OD patients, but rather poor for the S patients.