Introduction: Without appropriate and continuous treatment, schizophrenia results in academic failure, job loss, celibacy, and stigma.Objectives: The aim of this paper is to identify in patients with schizophrenia, resilience factors which influence the long term course.Methods: The study includes all patients diagnosed with acute and transient psychotic disorders or schizophrenia admitted in the 2nd department of Timisoara Psychiatric Clinic from 2005 till 2013. We analyzed factors such as: positive family history for psychiatric disorders, educational level, occupational and marital status, adverse life events (ALE), social supportive network (SSN), the number of psychotic recurrences, duration of hospitalization, and possible statistical correlations between them.Results: 224 patients (89 men and 135 women) were included, 146 (65%) with schizophrenia and 78 (35%) with acute and transient psychotic disorders. The patients with acute and transient psychotic disorders had fewer recurrences compared to patients with schizophrenia. Family history, marital status, employment, educational level, and SSN did not influence the number of recurrences or the duration of hospitalization. A statistically significant higher number of recurrences were found in patients without ALE.Discussions: The lower number of recurrences in patients with ALE could indicate a higher resilience. Patients with acute and transient psychotic disorders have fewer recurrences, than those with schizophrenia, but some of them are at their first episode of psychosis (FEP).Conclusion: The presence of ALE (possible non-endogenic psychosis) was found as a resilience factor.
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