Global assessment of psychosocial functioning and predictors of outcome in schizophrenia.

Objective: This study identified predictors of psychosocial outcome in schizophrenia.

Method: A mixed group of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia were assessed as part of a routine clinical evaluation. A linear regression analysis was conducted in order to examine the effect of duration of untreated illness, number of previous hospitalisations, history of psychotic episodes and age at illness onset on patients' functioning, as assessed with the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale.