Implementing Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis: The RAISE Connection Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The RAISE (Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode) Connection Program Implementation and Evaluation Study developed tools necessary to implement and disseminate an innovative team-based intervention designed to promote engagement and treatment participation, foster recovery, and minimize disability among individuals experiencing early psychosis. This article describes the treatment model and reports on service utilization and outcomes. It was hypothesized that individuals' symptoms and functioning would improve over time.

Methods

A total of 65 individuals in RAISE Connection Program treatment across two sites (Baltimore and New York City) were enrolled and received services for up to two years. Primary outcomes, including social and occupational functionin

SUBMITTER: Dixon LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637730 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature