Table 1 Demographic characteristics, source of recruitment, and baseline diagnosis of patients with first-episode psychosis recruited in northern Taiwan from 2016–2019

Sex, n (%)

 Male

34 (43%)

 Female

46 (58%)

Age (years), mean (SD)

25.6 (5.0)

Duration of untreated psychosis (days), mean (SD)

132 (136.8)

Chlorpromazine equivalents, mean (SD)

196 (149.8)

Family history, n (%)

9 (11%)

Current smoking, n (%)

7 (9%)

Educational level^a, n (%)

 ≤ Junior high

4 (5%)

 Senior high

22 (28%)

 ≥ College

50 (63%)

Recruitment source, n (%)

 Inpatients

33 (41%)

 Outpatients

47 (59%)

  Hospital

34

  Private clinics

13

Diagnosis, n (%)

 Schizophrenia

36 (45%)

 Other nonaffective psychosis

33 (41%)

  Schizotypal personality disorder

2

  Delusional disorder

4

  Brief psychotic disorder

6

  Schizoaffective disorder

7

  Other specified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder

2

  Unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder

12

Affective psychoses

11 (14%)