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Early intervention in psychosis is a clinical approach to those experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time. It forms part of a new prevention paradigm for psychiatry [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is leading to reform of mental health services , [ 3 ] especially in the United Kingdom [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Australia.
The International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association (IEPA), is a professional body and international network for those with an interest in early intervention in mental health and early psychosis intervention. The organisations headquarters are located in Parkville, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. [1]
The recognition of these basic symptoms in the prodromal phase can lead to early intervention in psychosis that aids in the delay or prevention of schizophrenia. [8] Such early interventions include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or the use of antipsychotic drugs. [8] Basic symptoms are subjective and can be subtle.
Early intervention in psychosis is based on the observation that identifying and treating someone in the early stages of a psychosis can improve their longer term outcome. [148] This approach advocates the use of an intensive multi-disciplinary approach during what is known as the critical period , where intervention is the most effective, and ...
[40] [41] In 2014 the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended preventive CBT for people at risk of psychosis. [22] [23] There is also tentative evidence that treatment may help those with early symptoms. [42] [43] Antipsychotic medications are not recommended for preventing psychosis. [22]
Onset typically occurs between the late teens and early 30s, with the peak incidence occurring in males in the early to mid-twenties, and in females in the late twenties. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] [ 18 ] Onset before the age of 17 is known as early-onset, [ 73 ] and before the age of 13, as can sometimes occur, is known as childhood schizophrenia or very ...
McGorry and his colleagues developed an approach for young people who have symptoms of psychosis for the first time, based at the EPPIC clinic in Melbourne. [6] This EPPIC clinic has played a key part in an early psychosis treatment paradigm for psychiatry [7] [8] [9] and has led to significant reform of mental health services, [10] especially in the United Kingdom. [11]
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