Discharges from an early intervention in psychosis service: The effect of patient characteristics on discharge destination.

Diagnosis and duration of treatment were significant predictors of discharge destination. Patients with diagnoses of enduring psychotic illness, were more likely to be discharged to a secondary psychiatric service irrespective of gender, ethnicity and geographical location. These data may suggest the possibility to predict the discharge destination when patients are taken on to the caseload of an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) team and have important implications for psychoeducation, preparing the patient for future after EIP and distribution of resources.