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EARLY DETECTION IN PSYCHOSIS

a review has been led by

Paul French, NIMHE North West, and

David Shiers & Mark Rayne NIMHE West Midlands

 

WHY?

  • Recent research underlines the value of detecting and treating clients at a very early stage of the disorder
  • Improving the care pathway between primary care and specialist services is one of the keys to achieving earlier detection and treatment

 

 

WHO FOR?

These resources are designed to support:

  • practitioners from primary care,
  • relevant community agencies and
  • specialist mental health services.

 

WHAT RESOURCES?


 

 

 

* A collaboration between:
Royal College of General Practice,
Royal College of Psychiatrists,
British Psychological Society

 

 

"This reminds me of my role in early presentations of certain cancers. This guidance sets out a different dynamic between generalists and specialists in which earlier recognition supports different access routes to a specialist assessment and treatment service; in this case a youth-orientated specialist assessment and psychological treatment service"

Dr Huw Lloyd Chair of RCGP Mental Health Group

 

"This vital initiative, firmly and enthusiastically supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is indicative of a developing and strongly collaborative approach and the erosion of artificial boundaries between primary and secondary, or more aptly, generalist and specialist mental health care."

Dr Roger Banks Vice President of RC Psychiatrists

 

READ the full press release from the Colleges

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