Does an integrated outreach intervention targeting multiple stages of early psychosis improve the identification of individuals at clinical high risk?
Sarah V McIlwaineGerald JordanMarita PruessnerAshok MallaKia FaridiSrividya N IyerRidha JooberJai L ShahPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2018)
An integrated outreach intervention for both first-episode psychosis and the clinical high-risk state was effective in increasing referrals of eligible cases to the service's at-risk unit. Rather than being stage-specific, targeted case identification strategies and service integration should span across the early stages of psychosis.