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Wiley, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1(127), p. 53-61, 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01899.x

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The Strauss and Carpenter prognostic scale in subjects clinically at high risk of psychosis

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Abstract

Objective:  To investigate the predictive value of the Strauss and Carpenter Prognostic Scale (SCPS) for transition to a first psychotic episode in subjects clinically at high risk (CHR) of psychosis. Method:  Two hundred and forty-four CHR subjects participating in the European Prediction of Psychosis Study were assessed with the SCPS, an instrument that has been shown to predict outcome in patients with schizophrenia reliably. Results:  At 18-month follow-up, 37 participants had made the transition to psychosis. The SCPS total score was predictive of a first psychotic episode (P