Clinical staging and the differential risks for clinical and functional outcomes in young people presenting for youth mental health care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical staging proposes that youth-onset mental disorders develop progressively, and that active treatment of earlier stages should prevent progression to more severe disorders. This retrospective cohort study examined the longitudinal relationships between clinical stages and multiple clinical and functional outcomes within the first 12 months of care.

Methods

Demographic and clinical information of 2901 young people who accessed mental health care at age 12-25 years was collected at predetermined timepoints (baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months). Initial clinical stage was used to define three fixed groups for analyses (stage 1a: 'non-specific anxious or depressive symptoms', 1b: 'attenuated mood or psychotic syndromes', 2+: 'full-threshold mood or psychoti

SUBMITTER: Capon W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9749194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature