The heterogeneity of QoL in FEP
personality disorder, substance disorder, comorbid major depressive disorder
The finding of a ‘good’ QoL subgroup, with average QoL scores that mirror scores reported by healthy controls, contradicts the common finding that the QoL of FEP patients is significantly diminished and highlights the importance of approaching QoL in an individualistic manner [The ‘intermediate’ subgroup mirrors average QoL scores reported by young people in the recovery phase of FEP who do not have a comorbid major depressive disorder, substance disorder, or personality disorder [The ‘poor’ subgroup at follow-up demonstrates that low QoL is an enduring issue for a subset of young people recovering from FEP, despite months of treatment and time for symptomatic recovery. The participants in the ‘poor’ subgroup exhibited similar QoL scores reported by recovering FEP participants with comorbid major depressive disorder in previous studies [