Selected articles on EIP
Schizophrenia Bulletin (2005) Special Theme: What have we learned from the new generation of prospective studies on first-episode psychosis? This special section is available free of charge and contains some excellent updates.
Abstracts and papers from the Third
International Early Psychosis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September
2002. The British Journal of Psychiatry 2005 187(Suppl 48)
The European First-Episode Schizophrenia Network The
British Journal of Psychiatry 2002 181(Suppl 43):
4th International Conference on Early Psychosis - Translating the evidence. Schizophrenia Research Volume 79, Issue 1, (2005) [subscription required]
Early
intervention in schizophrenia and related disorders: advantages and pitfalls
Current Opinion in Psychiatry: Volume 15(1) January 2002 pp 17-23
The national policy reforms for mental health services and the story of early intervention services in the United Kingdom. Joseph R, Birchwood M. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2005 Sep;30(5):362-5.
Developing services for the carers of young adults with early-onset psychosis – listening to their experiences and needs SIN J., MOONE N. & WELLMAN N. (2005) Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 12, 589–597. [subscription required]
The development and implementation of an educational intervention on first episode psychosis for primary care. Helen Lester, Lynda Tait, Amrit Khera, Max Birchwood, Nick Freemantle& Paul Patterson. Medical Education. Volume 39 Page 1006 - October 2005. [subscription required]
First-Episode Psychosis, Early Intervention, and Outcome: What Have We Learned? Ashok K Malla, Ross MG Norman, Ridha Joober. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry December 2005
Essential elements of an early intervention service for psychosis: the opinions of expert clinicians BDC Psychiatry 2004, 4:17 (pdf version)
Management
of first-episode first-episode psychosis. Spencer, E., Birchwood, M. &
McGovern, D. (2001). Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 7, 133 -140.
pdf version (PDF, 95K) 
Psychosocial Treatment for First-Episode Psychosis: A Research Update David L. Penn,, Evan J. Waldheter, Diana O. Perkins, Kim T. Mueser, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman. American Journal of Psychiatry 162:2220, December 2005 [subscription required]
Early Intervention for psychosis (Cochrane Review) - Abstract of a systematic review of the effects of health care prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration.
Early intervention in psychosis as a core task for general psychiatry David Whitwell. Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 146-148. Interesting article on implementing EIP in a generic MH Service.
Treating Psychosis: Is There More to Early Intervention than Intervening Early? Ashok M Malla, & Ross MG Norman. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2001; 46:645–648.
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