Hi sometimes ,

In terms of looking at this , i essentially ask 'who with a dx of sz' and i draw my conclusions on this. Now that could of course throw up the old add-age that people who respond in kind are tied to the medical model which presume a certain negative course , ala the disease model . I am not convinced though

If someone terms themselves 'schizophrenic' and are willing to talk about their experiences i have found an overwhelming negative course. The vast majority are not functioning as they would like.

So is labelling a contributory factor in prognosis? No i don't think so. Instead of using rambling logic about learned helplessness why cant we say it simply that the people who were never 'schizophrenic' did not have flagging symptoms that put them on a trajectory to schiz diagnosis.