Monitoring and Care of Young People at Incipient Risk of Psychosis



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Focus 2:158-174 (2004)
© 2004 American Psychiatric Association

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Monitoring and Care of Young People at Incipient Risk of Psychosis

Alison R. Yung, M.P.M., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., Patrick D. McGorry, Ph.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., Colleen A. McFarlane, B.Sc. (Hons), Henry J. Jackson, Ph.D., F.A.P.S., George C. Patton, F.R.A.N.Z.C.P. and Arun Rakkar, B.Med.Sci.

This article describes the theoretical background, origins,and development of a new clinical service for intervention inthe putatively prodromal phase of schizophrenia and other psychoticdisorders. Establishing such a service required examinationof conceptual issues such as the meaning of the prodrome inpsychosis and its association with risk of subsequent psychosis,and of practical issues related to identifying prodromal patientsin the community and engaging them in monitoring and treatment.Patients’ needs, timing, and mode of treatment had tobe considered. Preliminary data from the service’s 20-monthpilot phase are presented to help inform these issues.

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