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 …

Background Psychosis is a serious mental condition characterised by a loss of contact with
reality. There may be a prodromal period or stage of psychosis, where early signs of …

Importance The value of early intervention in psychosis and allocation of public resources
has long been debated because outcomes in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders …

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 …

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 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 …

Early intervention in psychotic disorders, particularly schizophrenia, has been increasingly
recognized as important by clinicians and policymakers alike. The benefits to patients and …

Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder and patients experience significant
comorbidity, especially cognitive and psychosocial deficits, already at the onset of disease …

In recent years, early intervention services have attempted to identify people with a first
episode of psychosis as early as possible, reducing the duration of untreated psychosis and …

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 …