An early intervention for psychosis service as compared with treatment as usual for first psychotic episodes in a standard community mental health team: Basic concepts and the service

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 5-9

  Agius, Mark ^a   Shah, Samir ^b   Ramkisson, Roshelle ^b   Murphy, Suzanne ^c   Zaman, Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bedfordshire and Luton Partnership Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; Community mental health team; Early intervention in psychosis; Outcome measurement; Psycho education; Psycho social interventions; Relapse prevention

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34447249313     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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