In:
British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Vol. 191, No. S51 ( 2007-12), p. s128-s132
Abstract:
There is highly replicated positive correlation between longer duration
of untreated psychosis and poorer outcome Aims To study the effect of early intervention in first psychosis on one-year
outcome using an historical quasi-experimental design Method We compare the outcome of two samples of first-episode psychosis from the
same healthcare district at different time periods. The historical control sample was assessed during 19931994, before the establishment of
a system for early detection of psychosis. The experimental sample is the early detection sample in the Early Treatment and Intervention in
Psychosis study assessed during 1997–2000 Results At 1-year follow-up, the early detection group was younger, had a smaller
fraction of individuals with schizophrenia, had less severe negative and general symptoms and had more friends in the past year than the
historical control group. No differences were found in clinical course (remission, relapse, continuously psychotic) or positive symptoms, but
more patients in the early detection sample were treated as outpatients without hospitalisation Conclusions Early detection of schizophrenia in one healthcare sector is associated
with less severe deterioration at 1 year
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0007-1250
,
1472-1465
DOI:
10.1192/bjp.191.51.s128
Language:
English
Publisher:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publication Date:
2007
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2021500-9
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