TY - JOUR T1 - Illness course and quality of life in Mexican patients with psychosis JO - Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) T2 - AU - Gómez-de-Regil,Lizzette SN - 21735050 M3 - 10.1016/j.rpsmen.2013.12.002 DO - 10.1016/j.rpsmen.2013.12.002 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-revista-psiquiatria-salud-mental-486-articulo-illness-course-quality-life-in-S2173505015000485 AB - ObjectiveTo analyse the differences in the quality of life of patients with psychosis according to the course of the illness. MethodClinical records and SCID-I interviews were used to establish the course of the illness and to categorise it according to 3 criteria: (a) relapses, (b) residual symptoms, and (c) clinical diagnosis. Subjective quality of life was assessed with the Seville Questionnaire. ResultsSixty one patients (56% women) participated, reporting a mostly adequate quality of life. An illness course characterised by the presence of residual symptoms, rather than by the occurrence of any relapse or the progression of a first-episode psychosis into schizophrenia, showed a negative effect on the perceived quality of life of patients. ConclusionsThe clinical services provided to patients with psychosis should focus not only on symptoms remission and relapse prevention, but also achieving a recovery with a satisfactory quality of life. Having identified residual symptoms as a crucial factor negatively affecting quality of life, clinicians must carefully assess them and treat them, in order to achieve the best possible recovery. ER -