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 …

BackgroundEarly intervention services for psychosis aim to detect emergent symptoms,
reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, and improve access to effective treatments …

Presenting the new edition of the text that delivers the most widely-used and developed
conceptual model in occupational therapy. Beautifully redesigned and fully revised, the …

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 …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a service for early psychosis. Design Randomised
controlled clinical trial. Setting Community mental health teams in one London borough …

Over the past years, evidence for the efficacy of psychological therapies in schizophrenia
has been summarized in a series of meta-analyses. The present contribution aims to provide …

Abstract BACKGROUND: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is
co-ordinating the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in psychiatry, funded …

Since publication of the original Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT)
treatment recommendations in 1998, considerable scientific advances have occurred in our …

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is now a recommended treatment for
people with schizophrenia. This approach helps to link the person's distress and problem …

We conducted a meta-analysis using all available controlled treatment outcome studies of
cognitive therapy (CT) for psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia. Effect sizes were calculated …