Innovations in first episode psychosis interventions: The case for a "RAISE-Plus" approach.
Several papers in the current issue of Schizophrenia Research show evidence supporting interventions that are not yet grouped with standard care practices in FEP. Taken together, these studies make the case for a more inclusive approach for early psychosis care than what is embodied in RAISE. Although providing all interventions to all patients, however, will be impractical and expensive, a personalized approach to such interventions, whereby the appropriate interventions are implemented in a phase specific and individually tailored manner after a careful assessment of each person's core deficits within a coordinated specialty care model, is likely to improve lives and be cost-effective.
Beth Israele Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, United States. Electronic address: ekline@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Emily
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Kline
Beth Israele Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, United States.
Matcheri
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Keshavan
D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
Early intervention; Evidence based treatment