Public-academic partnerships: early intervention for psychotic disorders in a community mental health center.
Early intervention may improve long-term outcomes for psychotic illnesses. Early-intervention services in other countries have focused on reducing the duration of untreated illness and adapting interventions for younger patients. This column describes the process of building such a service, called specialized treatment early in psychosis (STEP), at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. This effort is rooted in a long-standing collaborative relationship between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Yale. The authors describe the critical contribution of such partnerships in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of early intervention in a "real-world" U.S. setting.
Srihari
Vinod H
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Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. vinod.srihari@yale.edu
Breitborde
Nicholas J K
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Pollard
Jessica
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Tek
Cenk
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Hyman
Leslie
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Frisman
Linda K
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McGlashan
Thomas H
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Jacobs
Selby
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Woods
Scott W
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