Electrocardiographic signs of autonomic imbalance in medicated patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders - relations to first treatment discontinuation and five-year remission status

In this longitudinal cohort study, simple ECG measures influenced by autonomic balance in the early phase of schizophrenia spectrum disorders contained prognostic information. As this is the first report of this association and is based on a relatively small sample, the results should be interpreted with caution.