A 37 year old female was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Her husband wanted to know about the poor prognostic factors. Which of the following is a poor prognostic factor?: (A) Married, (B) Female gender, (C) Absence of precipitating factors, (D) Family h/o mood disorders
Answer is C. Good Prognostic factors
Bad prognostic factors


Acute onset
Insidious onset


Late age group
Early age group


Female
Male


Type I
Type II


Precipitating factors present
Precipitating factors absent


Family history of Mania
Family history of Schizophrenia.