The new edition of this popular handbook has been thoroughly updated to include the latest data concerning treatment of first-episode patients. Drawing from their experience, the authors discuss the presentation and assessment of the first psychotic episode and review the appropriate use of antipsychotic agents and psychosocial approaches in effective management.
The First Episode of Psychosis is the ideal book for patients experiencing the frightening and confusing initial episode of psychosis, which often occurs during late adolescence or early adulthood, and which affects nearly 3% of all people ...
Here is the ideal book for patients experiencing the frightening initial episode of psychosis, which often occurs during late adolescence or early adulthood, and which affects nearly 3% of all people over the course of their lifetime.
The book includes the full First Episode Psychosis Services Fidelity Scale, a definition and rational for each component of FEPS-FS 1.0, a list of data sources to inform the ratings for each component, and decision rules to help score each ...
Adamson, V., Barrass, E., McConville, S., Irikok, C., Taylor, K., Pitt, S., et al. (2018) Implementing the access and waiting time standard for early intervention in psychosis in the United Kingdom: An evaluation of referrals and ...
This guide contains a foreword and five chapters. The chapters are modular and do not need to be read in order.
Pelletier, M., Bouthillier, A., Levesque, J., Carrier, 8., Breault, C., Paquette, V. et al. (2003). Separate neural circuits for primary emotions? Brain activity during self—induced sadness and happiness in professional actors.
With expert guidance on developing specialty care service models for young people experiencing first-episode psychosis, the book offers a multimodal approach that aims for recovery and remission.
"Now in its second edition, The First Episode of Psychosis is the ideal book for young people and their families experiencing the frightening and confusing initial episode of psychosis, which often occurs during late adolescence or early ...
This is the first text to focus on the potential of early detection of psychosis, and the practicalities of treatment.
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