Counterpoint. Early intervention for psychosis risk syndromes: Minimizing risk and maximizing benefit

Early intervention for psychosis.

BACKGROUND Proponents of early intervention have argued that outcome might be improved if more therapeutic effort were focused on the early stages of schizophrenia. Early intervention in schizophrenia has two elements that are distinct from standard care: early detection and phase-specific treatment. Both elements may be offered in addition to standard care, or may be provided by a specialised ...

Sharing clinical trial data: maximizing benefits, minimizing risk.

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, ...

Risk syndromes, clinical staging and DSM V: new diagnostic infrastructure for early intervention in psychiatry.

The proposal to consider including the concept of the risk syndrome in the forthcoming revision of the DSM classification is innovative and timely. It has not come out of left field, however, and is based upon a series of conceptual and empirical foundations built over the past 15 years. Since the term “risk” is central to the proposal, let us initially consider the notion of risk and risk fact...

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 ...