A Study Based on the French National Health Insurance Database in Participants With Psychotic Disorders

The primary purpose of the study is to compare therapy with antipsychotic medication (antipsychotic monotherapy or antipsychotic combination) versus no antipsychotic medication, and antipsychotic monotherapy versus antipsychotic combination, regarding time to psychiatric rehospitalization, in participants with a psychotic disorder (that is, schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders, schizoaffective disorders, persistent or acute or induced or non-organic delusional disorders, recurrent depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms).

Inclusion Criteria:At least one discharge for psychiatric hospitalization with a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2020.At least one long-term disease record (LTD), (which is a French administrative status allowing the full reimbursement of the cost of a chronic pathology) with a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2020.Age of 18 years or older at index date (first date found in the previous conditions).Exclusion Criteria:• Due to data management constraint, the participants with multiple or temporary identifiers in the database (indistinguishable in database) will be excluded. This happens with twins or migrants, for example.