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Early intervention for psychosis: Perspective after 15 years of development by Eric Y.H. Chen; Sherry Kit-wa Chan; Wing-chung Chang; Christy Lai-ming Hui; Edwin Ho-ming Lee; Tak-lam Lo; Catherine Shiu-yin Chong; Wai-song Yeung; Roger Man-kin Ng; Eric Fuk-chi Cheung; Dicky Wai-sau Chung; Lap-tak Poon is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This chapter provides a comprehensive review of some of the key issues in early intervention for psychosis using the example of a population-based service in Hong Kong, for which a full range of data is available. The authors review a number of studies addressing: (i) the DUP and its associated factors in Hong Kong; (ii) whether DUP can be changed by public awareness programmes; (iii) the immediate outcome of a two-year early intervention programme; (iv) whether the improved outcome can be sustained after the programme, over ten years; and (v) whether receiving one more year of intervention could further improve the outcome. The results show that even in a low-resource setting in Hong Kong, significant improvements in functioning can be achieved, with reduced hospitalization and reduced suicide. A long-term follow-up study observed that these effects are sustainable over ten years. Further improvements can be attained by providing longer intervention to a group that responded less favourably. However, these enhancements proved more difficult to sustain. Together, these suggest a possible dose effect on the impact and sustainability of early intervention for psychosis. Future work s

Author

Eric Y.H. Chen; Sherry Kit-wa Chan; Wing-chung Chang; Christy Lai-ming Hui; Edwin Ho-ming Lee; Tak-lam Lo; Catherine Shiu-yin Chong; Wai-song Yeung; Roger Man-kin Ng; Eric Fuk-chi Cheung; Dicky Wai-sau Chung; Lap-tak Poon

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN