Early detection and intervention evaluation for people at risk of psychosis: multisite randomised controlled trial OPEN ACCESS
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Objective To determine whether cognitive therapy is effective in preventing the worsening of emerging psychotic symptoms experienced by help seeking young people deemed to be at risk for serious conditions such as schizophrenia. Design Multisite single blind randomised controlled trial. Setting Diverse services at five UK sites. Participants 288 participants aged 14-35 years (mean 20.74, SD 4.34 years) at high risk of psychosis: 144 were assigned to cognitive therapy plus monitoring of mental state and 144 to monitoring of mental state only. Participants were followed-up for a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 24 months. Intervention Cognitive therapy (up to 26 (mean 9.1) sessions over six months) plus monitoring of mental state compared with monitoring of
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Early detection and intervention evaluation for people at risk of psychosis: multisite randomised controlled trial
OBJECTIVE To determine whether cognitive therapy is effective in preventing the worsening of emerging psychotic symptoms experienced by help seeking young people deemed to be at risk for serious conditions such as schizophrenia. DESIGN Multisite single blind randomised controlled trial. SETTING Diverse services at five UK sites. PARTICIPANTS 288 participants aged 14-35 years (mean 20.74, ...
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