Implementing Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis: A Review of Barriers and Solutions

• Published in: Community mental health journal Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 268 - 276
• Main Authors: Powell, Anna-Leigh, Hinger, Cassandra, Marshall-Lee, Erica D., Miller-Roberts, Tonya, Phillips, Kayla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Barriers; Clinical outcomes; Community and Environmental Psychology; Cultural competence; Disengagement; Early intervention; Literature reviews; Measurement; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Original Paper; Professional development; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural development; Stigma; Teams; Treatment outcomes; Workforce; First episode psychosis; Literature review; Coordinated specialty care; Barriers to treatment; Specialized early interventions

Specialized early interventions (SEI) for individuals diagnosed with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) are effective treatment modalities (Azrin et al. in Psychiatr Ann 45(11):548, https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20151103-05 , 2015 ). SEI offered immediately or shortly following a first episode im...