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Detection & Characteristics Of Individuals With A Very Long Duration Of Untreated Psychosis In An Early Intervention For Psychosis Service

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Educational public awareness campaigns are thought to be an effective means of enhancing the early detection component of early intervention (EI) services for patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP).
This study investigated whether an EI service could detect additional individuals with FEP with a very long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP; defined as DUP > 37.6 months) compared to historical controls, and assessed demographic and clinical characteristics associated with very long DUP.

No difference in the distribution of DUP in the EI …

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