BackgroundRemission and recovery rates for people with first-episode psychosis (FEP)
remain uncertain. AimsTo assess pooled prevalence rates of remission and recovery in FEP …

The schizotypy construct focuses attention on the liability to develop schizophrenia-spectrum
disorders, yet traditionally, the schizotypy models have put more emphasis on stress …

Objective: Individuals at high risk for schizophrenia may benefit from early intervention, but
few validated risk predictors are available. Genetic profiling is one approach to risk …

Recently, new emphasis was put on reducing waiting times in mental health services as
there is an ongoing concern that longer waiting time for treatment leads to poorer health …

As employment and relationship status are important long-term outcomes in individuals with
a diagnosis of first episode psychosis (FEP) disorders, there is a need to elucidate more …

Background Early intervention services for psychotic disorders optimally interlock strategies
to deliver:(i) Early Detection (ED) to shorten the time between onset of psychotic symptoms …

Background Little is known about patients with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) who had
first presented to prodromal services with an “at risk mental state”(ARMS) before making the …

BackgroundIn the 1990s criteria were developed to detect individuals at high and imminent
risk of developing a psychotic disorder. These are known as the at risk mental state, ultra …

Negative symptoms are a key treatment target in early psychosis intervention. There is a
paucity of research examining longitudinal course of negative symptoms across the initial …

Abstract Aim From September 2012, the Reggio Emilia Department of Mental Health
developed a specific program (the “Reggio Emilia At‐Risk Mental States”[ReARMS] …