Comparing three-year extension of early intervention service to regular care following two years of early intervention service in first-episode psychosis: a randomized single blind clinical trial

World Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 278-286

  Malla, Ashok ^a,b   Joober, Ridha ^a,b   Iyer, Srividya ^a,b   Norman, Ross ^c   Schmitz, Norbert ^a,d   Brown, Thomas ^a,d   Lutgens, Danyael ^a,b   Jarvis, Eric ^a,e   Margolese, Howard C ^a,f   Casacalenda, Nicola ^a,e   Abdel Baki, Amal ^g   Latimer, Eric ^a,d   Mustafa, Sally ^b   Abadi, Sherezad ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

extension of early intervention service; First episode psychosis; negative symptoms; outcome; positive symptoms; regular care; remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85029725912     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20456     Document Type: Article

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