Table 1.

Participant Demographic Information

	Voices Conversing	Voices Not Conversing	p-value	Qualitative Sample Voices Conversing
Variable	(n=54)	(n=20)		(n=35)
Age (Mean ± SD)	40 ± 12.69	40 ± 14.02	ns	45 ± 11.39
Age of onset of psychosis (Mean ± SD)	20.38 ± 8.52	25.33 ± 8.02	0.04	22.29 ± 9.46
Duration of untreated psychosis (months) (Mean ± SD)	35.92 ± 76.74	39.08 ± 51.55	ns	34.89 ± 57.64
Sex			ns
Male	32/54 (59%)	11/20 (55%)		15/35 (43%)
Female	22/54 (41%)	9/20 (45%)		20/35 (57%)
Race			ns
African American	51/54 (76%)	15/20 (75%)		29/35 (83%)
Caucasian	5/54 (9%)	2/20 (10%)		4/35 (11%)
Hispanic	8/54 (15%)	2/20 (10%)		2/35 (6%)
Other	0 (0%)	1/20 (5%)		0 (0%)
DSM-IV Diagnosis			ns
Schizophrenia	43/54 (80%)	14/20 (70%)		28 (80%)
Bipolar	11/54 (20%)	6/20(30%)		7 (20%)