Can clinicians predict psychosis in an ultra high risk group?

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Can clinicians predict psychosis in an ultra high risk group?

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Aims: Criteria for identifying people likely to develop a first psychotic episode are now used in many clinical services worldwide. In recent years within these services, there has been an increase in the practice of prescribing antipsychotic medication with the aim of reducing symptoms and preventing onset of full-blown disorder. This practice is based on clinical impression of an incipient psychosis, that is, a clinical judgment that a particular patient may soon progress to full-threshold ...

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01 Jan, 2010

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B Nelson / Alison Yung

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Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Psychiatry / psychosis / risk factors / schizophrenia / SCHIZOPHRENIA PRODROME / SUBTHRESHOLD SYMPTOMS / INCIPIENT RISK / MENTAL STATES / YOUNG-PEOPLE / DOUBLE-BLIND / DSM-V / DISORDER / TRIAL / INTERVENTIONS / Uncategorized

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