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Is early intervention for psychosis a waste of valuable resources?
- Authors:
- PELOSI Anthony, BIRCHWOOD Max
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 182(3), March 2003, pp.196-198.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The concept of early intervention for psychosis has received much attention in recent years. The rationale for early intervention is that there is a higher success rate if psychotic symptoms are treated early than if they are treated after they have been present for some time. It is also claimed that interventions early in the course of the illness can decrease the psychosocial impact of a psychotic illness that leads to secondary disability. But have these assertions been empirically demonstrated? Do such services simply take valuable resources, both in terms of funding and staff, from an already-overstretched mental health system, or do they change the trajectory of the disease process in a fundamental way?