How successful are first episode programs? A review of the evidence for specialized assertive early intervention

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-172

  Nordentoft, Merete ^a,b   Rasmussen, Jesper Østrup ^a   Melau, Marianne ^a   Hjorthøj, Carsten R ^a   Thorup, Anne A E ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assertive Community Treatment model; early intervention; first episode psychosis; randomized clinical trial; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ASSERTIVE TRAINING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPECIALIZED ASSERTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84897110645     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000052     Document Type: Review

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