Toward reducing the duration of untreated psychosis in a Latinx community.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To carry out and evaluate a communications campaign (La CLAve) to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in a U.S. Latinx community.

Method

We employed evidence-based messaging in multiple media outlets. We recruited 132 Latinxs with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and caregivers seeking mental health care within a high-density Latinx community. We evaluated the campaign's dissemination, the extent to which the community received the campaign message, and the campaign outcome. We tested whether DUP (number of weeks) changed across three time periods (16-month baseline, 2-year campaign, and 16-month postcampaign) and whether participants' language background (primarily Spanish speaking or English speaking) moderated change in DUP.

Results

The campaign

SUBMITTER: Lopez SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9949997 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature