Pathways to care in youth and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis in Switzerland: Current situation and clinical implementation of the PsyYoung project.
Barbara BaileyAlessandra SolidaChristina AndreouKerstin Jessica PlessenPhilippe ConusMathieu MercapideAfrodite KasparidiCaroline ConchonElodie Sprüngli-ToffelDavina GenoudCamille CaronPhilippe GolayLogos CurtisEvelyn HerbrechtChristian G HuberLuis AlamedaMarco ArmandoPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2024)
All in all, the results indicate a referral and care pathway system implemented mostly within the medical and particularly mental health sector. Accordingly, the PsyYoung project proposes a procedure for pathways to care which could help overcome the obstacle of referrals being restrained to a narrow field of mental health and to harmonize the referral process within services dedicated to the same aim of helping young people at high risk of developing a psychosis.