Using data from schizophrenia outcome study to estimate the time to treatment outcome and the early-response cut-off score that predicts outcome at week 16

Abstract Background Being able to make an estimation of the time to clinical outcome, and making predictions early during treatment about the possibility of later response/non-response to treatment, is an important asset that can help to guide treatment strategies and counsel patients and caregivers about treatment expectations. Objectives The study aimed to determine the time course to treatment outcome and the psychopathological cut-off score at week 4 that predicts outcome at week 16. Methods This was a naturalistic follow-up study of 160 incident cases of schizophrenia over 16 weeks....