Monitoring and care of young people at incipient risk of psychosis

Alison Yung, Alison R. Yung, Patrick D. McGorry, Colleen A. McFarlane, Henry J. Jackson, George C. Patton, Arun Rakkar

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    Abstract

    This article describes the theoretical background, origins, and development of a new clinical service for intervention in the putatively prodromal phase of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Establishing such a service required examination of conceptual issues such as the meaning of the prodrome in psychosis and its association with risk of subsequent psychosis, and of practical issues related to identifying prodromal patients in the community and engaging them in monitoring and treatment. Patients' needs, timing, and mode of treatment had to be considered. Preliminary data from the service's 20-month pilot phase are presented to help inform these issues.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)283-303
    Number of pages20
    JournalSchizophrenia Bulletin
    Volume22
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 1996

    Keywords

    • Adolescent/physiology
    • Adult
    • Age of Onset
    • Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use
    • Cognitive Therapy/methods
    • Disease Progression
    • Female
    • Follow-Up Studies
    • Humans
    • Intervention Studies
    • Male
    • Mental Health Services/*organization & administration
    • Patient Selection
    • Pilot Projects
    • Predictive Value of Tests
    • Preventive Psychiatry/*methods
    • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
    • Relaxation Techniques
    • Risk Factors
    • Sampling Studies
    • Schizophrenia/diagnosis/*prevention & control/therapy

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