Table 2.

Psychopathological characteristics at admission

	First episode (n = 121)	Multiple episode (n = 279)	Total (n = 400)	p-levela
PANSS
Total score	69.6 (20.4)	72.0 (18.6)	71.3 (19.2)	T = −1.123, p = 0.262
Positive symptoms	20.4 (6.3)	18.5 (6.3)	19.1 (6.4)	T = 2.720, p = 0.007
Negative symptoms	15.6 (7.3)	18.4 (7.2)	17.6 (7.4)	T = −3.582, p < 0.001
General psychopathology	33.7 (11.0)	35.0 (9.7)	34.6 (10.1)	T = −1.253, p = 0.211
HAM-D total score	9.8 (6.4)	10.2 (7.6)	10.1 (7.3)	T = −0.525, p = 0.600

Values are presented as means (±standard deviation)

^a First episode patients were compared with multiple episode patients