Developing services for first-episode psychosis and the critical period
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Developing services for first-episode psychosis and the critical period.
BACKGROUND Providing specialised services to individuals experiencing first-episode psychosis (FEP) is a relatively new endeavour. AIMS To overview developing services for newly diagnosed cases of FEP and the context in which they develop. METHOD This paper describes five model multi-element FEP programmes, outlines recent evaluation studies of FEP services, discusses current evidence gaps ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.48.s91