title: Patient satisfaction with treatment in first-episode psychosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine first-episode psychotic patients' satisfaction with elements of a comprehensive 2-year treatment program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The TIPS (Early Treatment and Intervention in Psychosis) project provided a 2-year treatment program consisting of milieu therapy (inpatient), individual psychotherapy, family intervention and medication. Of 140 patients at baseline, 112 were included at 2-year follow-up. Eighty-four participants were interviewed using a questionnaire eliciting levels of satisfaction with different treatment elements at two of the four sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants and non-participants did not differ on demographic or clinical data at baseline. Of those participating, 75% were satisfied with treatment in general. Individual and milieu therapy received higher rating than medication or family intervention. No predictors of general satisfaction with treatment were found, but continuously psychotic patients were the least satisfied with medication treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As in most patient satisfaction studies within mental health treatment networks, there was high level of general satisfaction with the total package of treatment but considerable variation in satisfaction for specific interventions. In this sample of first-episode psychosis patients, there was general satisfaction with treatments based on one-to-one relationships while multi-family group intervention was consistently valued less enthusiastically.
authors.affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Roskilde, Denmark. uhh@regionsjaelland.dk
authors.forename: Ulrik
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Haahr
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: Jan Ivar
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Røssberg
authors.forename: Jan Olav
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Johannessen
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melle
authors.forename: Stein
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Opjordsmoen
authors.forename: Bjørn Rishovd
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Rund
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaglum
authors.forename: Svein
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friis
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGlashan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult