Social class mobility in first episode psychosis and the association with depression, hopelessness and suicidality.

article i nfo Article history: Background: Psychotic disorders are associated with a significant impairment in occupational functioning that canbeginintheprodromal phaseof thedisorder.Asaresult,individualswithapsychoticdisordermaynotmain- tain their social class at birth. The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of the social classes of indi- viduals presenting with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) compared to the general population and to their family of origin. We evaluated whether social drift was associated with depression, hopelessness and suicidality at first