Family-focused treatment for adolescents and young adults at high risk for psychosis: results of a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Longitudinal studies have begun to clarify the phenotypic characteristics of adolescents and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis. This 8-site randomized trial examined whether a 6-month program of family psychoeducation was effective in reducing the severity of attenuated positive and negative psychotic symptoms and enhancing functioning among individuals at high risk.

Method

Adolescents and young adults (mean age 17.4 ± 4.1 years) with attenuated positive psychotic symptoms, brief and intermittent psychosis, or genetic risk with functional deterioration were randomly assigned to 18 sessions of family-focused therapy for individuals at clinical high risk (FFT-CHR) in 6 months or 3 sessions of family psychoeducation (enhanced care [EC]). FFT-CHR include

SUBMITTER: Miklowitz DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4112074 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature