BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether an early detection programme increases or decreases the number of patients with a long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), and whether these differ from other patients with a long DUP. AIMS: To investigate whether the number and characteristics of patients with a long DUP in the early detection programme differ from those with a long DUP in the non-early detection programme. METHOD: We compared the number and characteristics of patients with a DUP > or =2 years in an early detection area and a non-early detection area. RESULTS: The early detection programme recruited slightly fewer patients with a long DUP than the non-early detection programme. The patients in the early detection programme had lower PANSS scores, but more frequently had a deteriorating course of premorbid social functioning. CONCLUSIONS: An early detection programme does not seem to drain a pool of previously undetected patients with a long DUP. The patients in the early detection programme seem to have a lower symptom level at baseline and to have had a deteriorating premorbid social course.
BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether an early detection programme increases or decreases the number of patients with a long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), and whether these differ from other patients with a long DUP. AIMS: To investigate whether the number and characteristics of patients with a long DUP in the early detection programme differ from those with a long DUP in the non-early detection programme. METHOD: We compared the number and characteristics of patients with a DUP > or =2 years in an early detection area and a non-early detection area. RESULTS: The early detection programme recruited slightly fewer patients with a long DUP than the non-early detection programme. The patients in the early detection programme had lower PANSS scores, but more frequently had a deteriorating course of premorbid social functioning. CONCLUSIONS: An early detection programme does not seem to drain a pool of previously undetected patients with a long DUP. The patients in the early detection programme seem to have a lower symptom level at baseline and to have had a deteriorating premorbid social course.
Authors: Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad; Inge Joa; Helene Barder; Julie Evensen; Ulrik Haahr; Jan O Johannessen; Johannes Langeveld; Ingrid Melle; Stein Opjordsmoen; Jan Ivar Røssberg; Bjørn Rishovd Rund; Erik Simonsen; Per Vaglum; Thomas McGlashan; Svein Friis; Tor K Larsen Journal: Early Interv Psychiatry Date: 2013-06-17 Impact factor: 2.732
Authors: Vinod H Srihari; Cenk Tek; Jessica Pollard; Suzannah Zimmet; Jane Keat; John D Cahill; Suat Kucukgoncu; Barbara C Walsh; Fangyong Li; Ralitza Gueorguieva; Nina Levine; Raquelle I Mesholam-Gately; Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian; Larry J Seidman; Matcheri S Keshavan; Thomas H McGlashan; Scott W Woods Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2014-12-04 Impact factor: 3.630