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Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis
INTRODUCTION: Understanding the help-seeking pathways of patients with a putative risk of developing psychosis helps improving development of specialised care services. This study aimed at obtaining information about: type of health professionals contacted by patients at putative risk for psychosis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17036265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-006-0117-4 |
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author | Platz, Christoph Umbricht, Daniel S. Cattapan-Ludewig, Katja Dvorsky, Diane Arbach, Dima Brenner, Hans-Dieter Simon, Andor E. |
author_facet | Platz, Christoph Umbricht, Daniel S. Cattapan-Ludewig, Katja Dvorsky, Diane Arbach, Dima Brenner, Hans-Dieter Simon, Andor E. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Understanding the help-seeking pathways of patients with a putative risk of developing psychosis helps improving development of specialised care services. This study aimed at obtaining information about: type of health professionals contacted by patients at putative risk for psychosis on their help-seeking pathways; number of contacts; type of symptoms leading to contacts with health professionals; interval between initial contact and referral to a specialised outpatient service. METHOD: The help-seeking pathways were assessed as part of a prospective study in 104 patients with suspected at-risk states for psychosis. RESULTS: The mean number of contacts prior to referral was 2.38. Patients with psychotic symptoms more often contacted mental health professionals, whereas patients with insidious and more unspecific features more frequently contacted general practitioners (GPs). CONCLUSIONS: GPs have been found to under-identify the insidious features of emerging psychosis (Simon et al. (2005) Br J Psychiatry 187:274–281). The fact that they were most often contacted by patients with exactly these features calls for focussed and specialised help for primary care physicians. Thus, delays along the help-seeking pathways may be shortened. This may be of particular relevance for patients with the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia. |
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spelling | pubmed-17642022007-01-05 Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis Platz, Christoph Umbricht, Daniel S. Cattapan-Ludewig, Katja Dvorsky, Diane Arbach, Dima Brenner, Hans-Dieter Simon, Andor E. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Original Paper INTRODUCTION: Understanding the help-seeking pathways of patients with a putative risk of developing psychosis helps improving development of specialised care services. This study aimed at obtaining information about: type of health professionals contacted by patients at putative risk for psychosis on their help-seeking pathways; number of contacts; type of symptoms leading to contacts with health professionals; interval between initial contact and referral to a specialised outpatient service. METHOD: The help-seeking pathways were assessed as part of a prospective study in 104 patients with suspected at-risk states for psychosis. RESULTS: The mean number of contacts prior to referral was 2.38. Patients with psychotic symptoms more often contacted mental health professionals, whereas patients with insidious and more unspecific features more frequently contacted general practitioners (GPs). CONCLUSIONS: GPs have been found to under-identify the insidious features of emerging psychosis (Simon et al. (2005) Br J Psychiatry 187:274–281). The fact that they were most often contacted by patients with exactly these features calls for focussed and specialised help for primary care physicians. Thus, delays along the help-seeking pathways may be shortened. This may be of particular relevance for patients with the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia. Steinkopff-Verlag 2006-10-11 2006-12 /pmc/articles/PMC1764202/ /pubmed/17036265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-006-0117-4 Text en © Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt 2006 |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Platz, Christoph Umbricht, Daniel S. Cattapan-Ludewig, Katja Dvorsky, Diane Arbach, Dima Brenner, Hans-Dieter Simon, Andor E. Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title | Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title_full | Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title_fullStr | Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title_short | Help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
title_sort | help-seeking pathways in early psychosis |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17036265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-006-0117-4 |
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