title: [Natori EI project: the early intervention project for psychiatric disorders by the Miyagi Psychiatric Center].
abstract: Attempts to promote early intervention (EI) for psychiatric disorders are becoming accepted worldwide. Although several attempts at EI have begun in Japan, this movement is still limited, and the development of concrete EI services suited to individual regions is required. At the Miyagi Psychiatric Center, the "Natori EI project" is being carried out with the aim of improving the mental health of young people. This project involves three activities: consultation and mental health promotion in high schools, specialized outpatient clinics for young people, and psychosocial intervention for first-episode psychosis. There are many difficulties in building a system to support this kind of EI within the framework of the conventional medical care system; it is necessary to sort out issues such as collaboration with government and educational institutions, sharing the basic principle of EI, medical economic problems, ensuring manpower, and staff training system.
authors.affiliation: Miyagi Psychiatric Center.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Syunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Funakoshi
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakuto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yokokawa
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitou
authors.forename: Akemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kayama
authors.forename: Nanako
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Omuro
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsura
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamaie
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kodaka
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012017:Referral and Consultation