title: Pathways to care for those at clinical high risk of developing psychosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Understanding the pathways to care is a prerequisite for early detection in first-episode patients with psychosis. Less in known about the pathways to care for individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 35 clinical high risks for psychosis individuals were administered a semistructured questionnaire inquiring about pathways to care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of contacts were made to general practitioners (32.8%). Various symptoms of concern were reported among the sample, the most common being depression (15.9%) followed by anxiety (11.0%). Delusions/paranoia were the most frequent symptoms associated with successful referral to contacts (14.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Education on the pathway to successful access to care and treatment in a putatively prodromal for psychosis group of individuals is valuable information that can potentially aid in a faster discovery of these individuals and their access to treatment and care.
authors: Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. stowkowy@ucalgary.ca
authors: Jacqueline
authors: J
authors: Stowkowy
authors: Mark A
authors: MA
authors: Colijn
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Addington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012306:Risk; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment