First help-seeking attempt before and after psychosis onset: measures of delay and aversive pathways to care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Delay in receiving effective treatment for psychosis adversely impacts outcomes. We investigated the timing of the first help-seeking attempt in individuals with recent onset non-affective psychosis by comparing those who sought help during the prodrome to those who sought help after psychosis onset across sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, overall functioning, and occurrence of aversive events during their pathways to care.

Methods

Patients were admitted from February 1st, 2014 to January 31st, 2019 to the Program for Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) in New Haven, CT. Psychosis-onset date was ascertained using the Structured Interview for Psychosis-risk Syndromes. Key dates before and after psychosis onset, along with initiators and aversi

SUBMITTER: Ferrara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319102 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature