Long-Term Course and Outcomes of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuropsychiatry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2027 | Viewed by 376
Special Issue Editors
Interests: psychotic disorders; community psychiatry; general hospital psychiatry; students’ mental health
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Dear Colleagues,
Among all psychiatric syndromes, schizophrenia-spectrum disorders remain the most severe and are associated with high rates of morbidity and disability. Despite ongoing advances in treatment, a substantial minority of patients may not be able to live independently in the community and need to be placed to residential facilities. The long-term outcomes of these disorders may be modest, and many individuals suffering from schizophrenia and related syndromes may often not be able to achieve personal recovery. Life expectancy in those patients is significantly lower than the general population, and rates of suicide remain high. Although patients are often the victims of violence, disproportionally higher attention is paid to patients’violent acts, thus contributing to the stigma that is attached to severe mental illness.
The aim of this Special Issue is to address recent advances in the study of long-term course and outcomes, as well as long-term management, of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and to stress current and future directions of related research.
Original research, review articles, and perspectives related to this Special Issue are welcome, from clinical research to multidisciplinary clinical management.
Potential themes relevant to this research topic may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Current state of research on long-term prognosis of patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders;
Recovery oriented management of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders;
Advances in chronic management of schizophrenia and related disorders;
Evidence-based psychosocial treatments;
Interdisciplinary long-term care for patients with psychosis in different settings, including low-resource settings;
Recent advances in treatment and management of patients with first episodes of psychosis;
Psychosis in later life.
Dr. Maria Samakouri
Dr. Vaios Peritogiannis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
- psychosis
- long-term course
- outcomes
- long-term prognosis
- long-term management
- pharmacological treatment
- psychosocial treatments
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