Racial-Ethnic Disparities in First-Episode Psychosis Treatment Outcomes From the RAISE-ETP Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined racial and ethnic differences in treatment outcomes among participants in a randomized controlled trial of an intervention for first-episode psychosis called NAVIGATE.

Methods

Secondary data analyses were conducted for participants randomly assigned to usual community care (N=181) and NAVIGATE (N=223). Generalized estimating equations assessed whether race and ethnicity were associated with psychiatric symptoms and service use (medication management, family psychoeducation, and individual therapy) over a 24-month treatment period, accounting for baseline symptoms, duration of untreated psychosis, and insurance status.

Results

Among persons in usual community care, non-Hispanic blacks scored significantly higher throughout treatment on mea

SUBMITTER: Oluwoye O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395511 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature