Early intervention in psychosis services

Early psychosis intervention services: a work in progress.

Early Intervention in Psychosis

2010 This briefing is intended to inform service planners about the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service model, which has spearheaded a revolution in how mental health services have been delivered across England over the last ten years. The EIP service model can address many of the efficiency challenges facing service planners currently, supported by a robust evidence base of clinical ...

Early intervention services in psychosis: from evidence to wide implementation.

AIM Early intervention (EI) in psychosis is a comprehensive and evidence-based approach aimed at detection and treatment of psychotic symptoms in their early stages. This paper presents core features and noteworthy aspects of the evidence basis and limitations of EI, the importance of programme fidelity, challenges for its widespread dissemination and economic perspectives related to it. METH...

Early intervention in psychosis: strengths and limitations of services†

First-episode psychoses, including schizophrenia, are currently best understood as neuro developmental illnesses arising from the interaction of assorted biological and psychosocial factors. Although an excess loading of genetic susceptibility and environmental risk factors may manifest in childhood through a range of non-specific, subtle behavioural changes, the vulnerability is usually silent...

Ethnic variations in pathways into early intervention services for psychosis.

BACKGROUND Ethnic variations have previously been identified in the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and pathways into psychiatric services. These have not been examined in the context of early intervention services, which may alter these trajectories. AIMS To explore ethnic differences in the nature and duration of pathways into early intervention services. METHOD In a naturalistic co...