The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified racism as a serious threat to
public health. Structural racism is a fundamental cause of inequity within interconnected …

Objective Black individuals living with psychosis are at risk for stigma and marginalization
due to systematic discrimination and barriers to receiving treatment. Social contact-based …

Young people who first meet criteria for a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder are considered
by the field to be experiencing first-episode psychosis (FEP). Early intervention for psychosis …

Racial disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and outcome have been well-established for
people with schizophrenia. While cognitive remediation treatments have been shown to …

Abstract Background Treatment discontinuation within Early Intervention Services (EIS) for
psychosis poses a significant challenge to achieving better outcomes in the early stages of …

Aims For over 30 years, combined research and treatment settings in the US have been
critical to conceptualizing care for first‐episode psychosis (FEP). Here we describe an early …

Aim There is limited research on the effects of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors
on treatment outcomes in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHRp). This study …

Background Despite recognition that early intervention for first-episode psychosis (FEP)
improves outcomes, Black youth with FEP continue to experience critical disparities in care …

Black Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders at more than twice
the rate of White individuals and experience significantly worse outcomes following …

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic illness that compromises a patient's ability to think
clearly and maintain emotional stability. A patient's disease frequently makes interacting with …