Duration of Untreated Psychosis in Chinese and Mauritian: Impact of Clinical Characteristics and Patients’ and Families’ Perspectives on Psychosis

摘要

BackgroundDuration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is a potentially modifiable prognostic factor of course and prognosis of psychiatric disorders. Few studies have demonstrated that different cultural backgrounds or perspectives on psychosis may be important factors to the DUP. This study attempted to explore whether the DUP was different in Chinese and Mauritians and to clarify potential influencing factors to a long DUP (>3 months).