Carepath for overcoming psychosis early (COPE): first 5 years of clinical operation and prospective research in the Cavan-Monaghan early intervention service.

COPE illustrates the actuality of introducing and the challenges of operating a rural EIS for FEP. Prospective follow-up studies of the 5-year COPE cohort should inform on the effectiveness of this EIS model in relation to long-term outcome in psychotic illness across what appear to be arbitrary diagnostic boundaries at FEP.