Long-term international studies of schizophrenia have found that over a half of individuals recover in terms of symptoms, and around a fifth to a third in terms of symptoms and functioning, with many requiring no medication. While some have serious difficulties and support needs for many years, "late" recovery is still plausible. The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that the long-term studies findings converged with others in "relieving patients, carers and clinicians of the chronicity paradigm which dominated thinking throughout much of the 20th century. "A follow-up study by Tohen and coworkers revealed that around half of people initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder achieve symptomatic recovery (no longer meeting criteria for the diagnosis) within six weeks, and nearly all achieve it within two years, with nearly half regaining their prior occupational and residential status in that period. Less than half go on to experience a new episode of mania or major depression within the next two years. Disability
Some disorders may be very limited in their functional effects, while others may involve substantial disability and support needs. The degree of ability or disability may vary over time and across different life domains. Furthermore, continued disability has been linked to institutionalization, discrimination and social exclusion as well as to the inherent effects of disorders.
Onset may refer to:

Onset (audio), the beginning of a musical note or sound
Onset, Massachusetts, village in the United States
Onset Island (Massachusetts), a small island located at the western end of the Cape Cod Canal
Interonset interval, a term in music
Syllable onset, a term in phonetics and phonology
The Onset, Liverpool indie rock group formed by Mike Badger of the Las
The Onset (album), a 2005 album by the band
USS Onset (SP-1224), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
"Onset", a 2019 song by Haiku Hands

See also
Offset (disambiguation)