Treatment decision-making needs among emerging adults with early psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Many emerging adults disengage from early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services prematurely. Service disengagement may be in part due to having unresolved treatment decision-making needs about use of mental health services. A basic understanding of the decision-making needs of this population is lacking. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the range of treatment decisions that emerging adults face during their initial engagement in an EIP program and elucidate barriers and facilitators to decision-making.

Methods

Twenty emerging adults with early psychosis were administered semistructured interviews to capture treatment decision-making experiences during the first six months after enrolment in an EIP program. Interviews were audio-recorded and transc

SUBMITTER: Thomas EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116145 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature