Evidence base for early intervention in psychosis services in rural areas: A critical review

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 services, cognitive–behavioural therapy and family intervention in early psychosis: systematic review

BACKGROUND Early intervention services for psychosis aim to detect emergent symptoms, reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, and improve access to effective treatments. AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of early intervention services, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and family intervention in early psychosis. METHOD Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled tria...

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...

Early psychosis intervention services: a work in progress.

Review: early intervention services can be clinically beneficial for people with early psychosis.