Table : TABLE 12.4 • 10-Year and 30-Year Course of Schizophrenia
10 years later30 years later
Completely recovered25%25%
Much improved, relatively independent25%35%
Improved but requiring extensive support network25%15%
Hospitalized, unimproved15%10%
Dead, mostly by suicide10%15%
Source: Torrey, 2001, p. 130.