Question: What is first episode psychosis and is it treatable? Answer: First episode psychosis refers to the first time someone experiences psychotic symptoms or a psychotic episode. This typically ...

Few experts in first-episode psychosis have experienced the illness themselves. Nev Jones is an exception. A decade ago, when she was a 25-year-old doctoral student, Jones began experiencing the ...

Ten years of following patients who had a period of strong social supports after a first psychotic episode shows that the effects of that care wane over time once the help is removed. Joseph P. McEvoy ...

The University of Minnesota’s National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI) on campus will host its First-Episode Psychosis education event on Tuesday. With speakers talking about their experiences with ...

Reviewed by Nicole Foubister, MD, NYU Child Study Center, and Assistant Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU College of Arts & Science, New York, NY A new study from Australia shows that ...

Psychotic illness is a leading cause of disability here and throughout the world, but early psychosis can be difficult to recognize. Until now, there were no special programs in the Phoenix area to ...

Nutritional deficiencies, especially deficiencies in folate and vitamin D, are associated with first-episode psychosis (FEP), new research suggests. Australian researchers found significantly lower ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of all-cause mortality observed among adolescents and young adults after first diagnosis of psychotic ...

A world first study revealing the presence of two antibodies in a sub-group of children experiencing their first episode of psychosis affirms a longstanding recognition that auto-immune disorders play ...

Our findings suggest that the immediate time period following childbirth entails (compared to subsequent periods) a substantially increased risk of psychotic illness of the first-time mother. This ...

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