Early interventions to prevent psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Source: BMJ Area: News According to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis, psychological interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) may help to delay or prevent psychosis in high-risk individuals.   The authors note that the incidence of probable psychosis is around 5 per 1000 adults in the UK. Schizophrenia, the most common form of psychosis and one of the leading causes of long-term disability, is usually preceded by a prodromal period.  Interventions that delay or prevent transition to psychosis from this prodromal syndrome could be clinically and economically important.   The purpose of their systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine whether any psychological, pharmacological, or nutritional interventions can prevent or delay transition to psychotic disorders for people at high risk. Although a previous review of such early interventions found only limited evidence, the searches were completed in 2009 and several studies have been ...
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news