Acceptability of Psychosis Screening and Factors Affecting Its Implementation: Interviews With Community Health Care Providers.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Although screening for psychosis may reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, the barriers and facilitators associated with implementing such a procedure in various care settings have not been explored. METHODS:Investigators conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with 17 members of school counseling services or community mental health staff at sites that administer a psychosis screening tool. Using an inductive approach to thematic analysis, they evaluated the acceptability of psychosis screening and barriers to and facilitators of implementation. RESULTS:Participants reported few barriers to implementation. However, several service-, client-, and program-level factors were considered to significantly affect the implementation of screening. Most participants found that

SUBMITTER: Savill M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5985672 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature