The most common outcome of schizophrenia is usually a remitting
course with one or multiple relapses in 50 - 92% of cases.2
Patients on medication have a relapse rate of 40%, while those
who discontinue their treatment have a 1-year relapse rate of 65%
and a 2-year rate of >80%.28 The patients in this study showed
similar high rates of relapse. About two-thirds of the patients had
at least 1 relapse, with the majority having ≥2 relapses.