Effects of socio-demographic characteristics, premorbid functioning, and insight on duration of untreated psychosis in first-episode schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder in Northern Malawi.

Long DUP is prevalent in Northern Malawi. Thus, early interventions to reduce DUP are warranted in this population. Although having at least one parent deceased predicted long DUP in this study, this remains speculative because factors, such as timing of parents' death and grief reactions of the patients were not assessed. Therefore, further investigations incorporating these factors are needed to ascertain this result.