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Early Intervention Approaches to Mental Health Services can Save the UK up to £50 Million Per Year

Early Intervention Approaches to Mental Health Services can Save the UK up to £50 Million Per Year

A London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and King’s College London study has shown that by providing an early intervention service approach rather than standard mental health care for one cohort of patients with psychosis, the UK could save £40 million per year in the short term, £33 million in the medium term [...]

March 30, 2012: invitation to dinner, entertainment, silent auction

The Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program and the Nova Scotia Psychosis Research Unit warmly invite you to join us for dinner, entertainment and a silent auction on March 30, 2012 at the Asburn Golf Club. Musical entertainment will be provided by Ian Sherwood, 2008/2010 Nova Scotia Musician of the Year. Festivities begin at 6pm. For [...]

New NSEPP brochure provides indepth information for families

The Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP) has created a new and innovative brochure for families. Based on requests and questions from family members, the brochure contains concise and comprehensive descriptions of the services offered and the roles of the members of the NSEPP team. The brochure will help empower family members to work closely with [...]

In defense of a DSM-5 diagnosis of ‘at risk for psychosis’

In defense of a DSM-5 diagnosis of ‘at risk for psychosis’

Drs. McGlashan and Wood, from Yale University, have recently written a concise summary of the issues involved in the early detaction of psychosis, both in the cases of psychosis that have already fully developed and in the cases where the person has some psychotic experiences and seems to ‘at risk’ of developing a fully psychosis. [...]

Proposed diagnosis of ‘high risk for psychosis’: the plot (and the evidence) thickens

Recent articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry raise further doubts as to whether the DSM-V, due out in 2013, should contain a diagnostic category of  ‘Psychosis Risk” or “at high risk for psychosis’. Addington et al, following 100 people who would receive such a diagnosis found that, without any specific treatment, the vast majority [...]