Negative symptoms in first‐episode psychosis: Clinical correlates and 1‐year follow‐up outcomes in London Early Intervention Services

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...

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 in Psychosis

Early intervention for potentially serious disorder is a fundamental feature of healthcare across the spectrum of physical illness. It has been a major factor in the reductions in morbidity and mortality that have been achieved in some of the non-communicable diseases, notably cancer and cardiovascular disease. Over the past two decades, an international collaborative effort has been mounted to...

Early intervention in psychosis.

Early intervention in psychosis services produce better clinical outcomes than generic teams and are also cost-effective. Clinical gains made within such services are robust as long as the interventions are actively provided. Longer-term data show that some of these gains are lost when care is transferred back to generic teams. This paper argues that sustaining these early gains requires both a...

Early psychosis intervention services: a work in progress.