Early psychosis in central Vietnam: A longitudinal study of short-term functional outcomes and their predictors.

Background: Few longitudinal studies have investigated the functional outcomes of individuals with recent-onset psychotic illness in low- and middle-income countries.

Aims: To investigate short-term functional remission and its predictors in a central Vietnamese sample.

Methods: A naturalistic 6-month prospective cohort study recruited 79 patients of public health facilities who had experienced a first episode of schizophrenia or related illness in the past 18 months.