… Forty patients who had been treated for three years in an ad-hoc, assertive treatment
team for patients who had suffered a first psychotic episode were compared to forty patients
who had been followed up after a first psychotic episode in a community mental health team.
All patients had suffered a first or early psychotic episode. The main differences between
the two … These results suggest that an ad-hoc early intervention team is more effective
than standard community mental health team in treating psychotic illness. …

… The development of an early intervention service in Luton, Bedfordshire is then described.
Subsequent articles will describe the three year outcomes of this service, compared with
treatment as usual in a community mental health team. … Three year outcomes of an early
intervention for psychosis service as compared with treatment as usual for first psychotic
episodes in a standard community mental health team - final results. …