Considerations for the development and implementation of brief screening tools in the identification of early psychosis

The concept of prevention of mental health concerns has a long history. Preventive developmental psychopathology has identified biopsychosocial risk and protective factors, the elucidation of which has led to a variety of effective, disorder-specific, intervention strategies for mitigating symptoms and promoting wellness (e.g., child behavior issues, adolescent depression, anxiety and traumatic response). As the benefits of early intervention for those experiencing impairing attenuated psychosis symptoms (some of whom on an apparent trajectory towards psychosis-spectrum disorders) continues to mount (Okuzawa et al.
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research