Effect of early intervention on 5-year outcome in non-affective psychosis.

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Gafoor, Rafael
Nitsch, Dorothea
McCrone, Paul
Craig, Tom K J
Garety, Philippa A
Power, Paddy
McGuire, Philip

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2010-May

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Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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en

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Early specialised care may improve short-term outcome in first-episode non-affective psychosis, but it is unclear if these benefits endure.
To assess the long-term effect of early intervention in psychosis.
Individuals with first-episode psychosis were randomised to specialised care or care as usual (trial number: ISRCTN73679874). Outcome after 5 years was assessed by case-note review.
There were no significant differences in the admission rate (coefficient 0.096, 95% CI -0.550 to 0.742, P = 0.770) or the mean number of bed days (coefficient 6.344, 95% CI -46 to 58.7, P = 0.810).
These findings that specialist intervention did not markedly improved outcome at 5 years accord with those from a larger OPUS study. The sample size of this study was small and these results should be generalised with caution. More research is needed.

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Gafoor, R., Nitsch, D., McCrone, P., Craig, T. K., Garety, P. A., Power, P., & McGuire, P. (2010). Effect of early intervention on 5-year outcome in non-affective psychosis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 196(5), 372–376. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066050

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The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

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196

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5

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1472-1465

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