Early intervention for potentially serious disorder is a fundamental feature of healthcare
across the spectrum of physical illness. It has been a major factor in the reductions in …

Objective: To discuss the rationale for early intervention in psychotic disorders and to
explore why the widespread implementation of early intervention services has stalled …

The rise of the early intervention paradigm in psychotic disorders represents a maturing of
the therapeutic approach in psychiatry, as it embraces practical preventive strategies which …

Aim Early intervention (EI) in psychosis is a comprehensive and evidence‐based approach
aimed at detection and treatment of psychotic symptoms in their early stages. This paper …

The concept of early intervention for psychosis has received much attention in recent years.
The experience of pioneer services in the USA and Australia has convinced the UK …

The two main goals of early intervention in psychotic disorders are to reduce the period of
time between the onset of psychosis and the commencement of effective treatment, and to …

Psychotic disorders are common, disabling, and costly under usual care. The prototypic
psychotic illness, schizophrenia, affects between 0.55% and 1% 1, 2 of people during their …

Background Proponents of early intervention have argued that outcomes might be improved
if more therapeutic efforts were focused on the early stages of schizophrenia or on people …

The focus of this review is the research and clinical work in early psychosis and early
intervention which over the past 10–15 years has had a tremendous impact on the field of …

The quality of health care for schizophrenia and other psychoses around the world remains
unacceptably poor (1-3). Serious under-resourcing of mental health care is a major factor in …