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Table 1 Studies reporting symptom recurrence rates after treatment reduction/discontinuation after a single episode of psychosis

From: The nature of relapse in schizophrenia

Authors

Sample size

Treatment duration

 

Symptom recurrence rates

Comparator recurrence rate

   

9 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

36 months

 

Kane J et al. [24].

28

Not specified

 

41%

   

0%

Crow T et al. [26].

120

Not specified

   

62%

 

46%

Gitlin M et al. [21].

53

3 months in remission

 

78%

 

96%

 

-

Wunderink L et al. [25].

161

6 months in remission

  

43%

  

21%

Chen E. et al. [22].

178

12 months +

 

79%

   

41%

Gaebel W. et al. [27].

44

12 months

 

57%

   

4%

Boonstra G. et al. [23].

20

12 months min remission

82%

    

12%

Emsley R et al. [10].

33

24 months

 

79%

 

94%

97%

-