Effectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention: Comparison of Service Users and Nonusers in Population-Based Health Administrative Data

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 175; no. 5; pp. 443 - 452
• Main Authors: Anderson, Kelly K, Norman, Ross, MacDougall, Arlene, Edwards, Jordan, Palaniyappan, Lena, Lau, Cindy, Kurdyak, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychiatric Association 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Case Management; Case-Control Studies; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; Combined Modality Therapy; Early Medical Intervention; Effectiveness; Female; Humans; Intervention; Male; Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Mortality; Ontario; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data; Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data; Propensity Score; Psychosis; Psychotic Disorders - mortality; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Psychotic Disorders - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Self-Injurious Behavior - epidemiology; Self-Injurious Behavior - therapy; Suicide - prevention & control; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; Survival Rate; Utilization Review; Young Adult; Ontario; Psychosis; First-Episode Psychosis; Early Intervention; Epidemiology

Objective:Early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs improve clinical and functional outcomes for people with first-episode psychosis. Less is known about the impact of these programs on the larger health care system. The authors sought to compare indicators of health service use, self-harm, suicid...