Treatment History of Youth At-Risk for Serious Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim was to describe treatment history including medications, psychosocial therapy and hospital visits of participants in the Canadian Psychiatric Risk and Outcomes Study (PROCAN).

Methods

PROCAN is a 2-site study of 243 youth/young adults aged 12 to 25 y, categorized into 4 groups: healthy controls ( n = 42), stage 0 (non-help seeking, asymptomatic with risk mainly family history of serious mental illness (SMI); n = 41), stage 1a (distress disorders; n = 52) and stage 1b (attenuated syndromes; n = 108). Participants were interviewed regarding lifetime and current treatments, including medications, psychosocial therapies and hospital visits.

Results

The number receiving baseline medications differed significantly across groups ( P < 0.001): 0% healthy con

SUBMITTER: Farris MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature