Public-academic partnerships: early intervention for psychotic disorders in a community mental health center
Vinod H Srihari, Nicholas J K Breitborde, Jessica Pollard, Cenk Tek, Leslie Hyman, Linda K Frisman, Thomas H McGlashan, Selby Jacobs, Scott W Woods, Vinod H Srihari, Nicholas J K Breitborde, Jessica Pollard, Cenk Tek, Leslie Hyman, Linda K Frisman, Thomas H McGlashan, Selby Jacobs, Scott W Woods
Abstract
Early intervention may improve long-term outcomes for psychotic illnesses. Early-intervention services in other countries have focused on reducing the duration of untreated illness and adapting interventions for younger patients. This column describes the process of building such a service, called specialized treatment early in psychosis (STEP), at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. This effort is rooted in a long-standing collaborative relationship between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Yale. The authors describe the critical contribution of such partnerships in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of early intervention in a "real-world" U.S. setting.
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Source: PubMed