Xu L, Guo Y, Cao Q, et al. - Researchers examined 118 early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) patients who were hospitalized in 2006 in order to determine long-term outcomes and predictors of patient functioning in EOS, with a focus on the effect of age at onset. The mean age was 13.3 ± 2.3 years at baseline and the mean length of follow up was 10.4 ± 0.3 years. Follow-up data were available for 65 individuals; of these, 3 were deceased at follow up. Better functioning was evident in correlation with an extroverted personality, suspicious personality, and a high level of education. In contrast to general beliefs, this work suggested a more optimistic long-term functional outcome of EOS. No predictive value of age at disease onset for long-term functional outcome was identified.