The KmL
Figure 4 Clozapine-treated patients. Mean item scores (0 to 6) on the Brief Psychiatric
Rating Scale (BPRS) for early-good and delayed-partial trajectory groups, from mixedpatient
(study 16), and refractory-patient (study 30) studies as described in the text. The
left panel shows mean scores over time and the thin lines in the other panels represent
individual patient profiles.
Delayed-partial mixed
Early-good mixed
Delayed-partial refractory
Early-good refractory
Early-good
mixed
Early-good
refractory
Delayedpartial
mixed
Delayed-partial
refractory
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technique for trajectory analysis used in the present analysis
has the advantage of being nonparametric, is independent
from time scaling, and does not require assumptions of
normality of distribution within clusters, or about the shape
of the trajectory over time