Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis
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Implication
Meta-analysis demonstrates early intervention services achieve superior outcomes compared to treatment as usual in early-phase psychosis, highlighting the need for dedicated service funding.
Key Points
- Compare clinical and functional outcomes between early intervention services and treatment as usual for individuals with early-phase psychosis.
- Conducted a systematic meta-analysis comparing early intervention services (EIS) against treatment as usual (TAU).
- Evaluated relative performance across all available meta-analyzable clinical and functional outcome measures.
- Early intervention services demonstrated superiority over treatment as usual across all meta-analyzable outcome metrics.
- Results provide qualitative evidence supporting the clinical implementation and policy funding of specialized early intervention programs.
Cite This Study
Correll et al. (2018) studied this question.