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= Registered usersMonitoring patients with schizophrenia
01 Sep 2007
Schizophrenia commonly presents in patients aged 20-30 years, but may present in teenagers. Patients almost always require intervention to prevent harm and alleviate suffering. Schizophrenia affects one in 100 people in the UK at some time in their lives. Around one in five of these patients will only have one schizophrenic episode. Seven in ten will have two episodes, usually occurring within 5-7 years of each other. The course of illness varies, both in the length of time and quality of recovery between episodes. Even patients who develop a chronic and disabling course can- in most cases- improve with treatment.
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