TY - JOUR
T1 - The efficacy of targeted health agents education to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis in a rural population
AU - Padilla, Eduardo
AU - Molina, Juan
AU - Kamis, Danielle
AU - Calvo, Maria
AU - Stratton, Lee
AU - Strejilevich, Sergio
AU - Aleman, Gabriela Gonzalez
AU - Guerrero, Gonzalo
AU - Bourdieu, Mercedes
AU - Conesa, Horacio A.
AU - Escobar, Javier I.
AU - de Erausquin, Gabriel A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded in part by grants NIMH K08MH077220 , NIH FIC 7R21TW007882-05 , NIH FIC 3R21TW007882-04S1 , and by the Roskamp Endowment fund and two NARSAD ( Brain and Behavior Foundation ) grants to GdeE. GdE is Constance and Stephen Lieber Investigator, Sidney R. Baer Junior Investigator, and Roskamp Chair of Biological Psychiatry. The authors wish to thank the Agentes Sanitarios of the Province of Jujuy for their generous and untiring collaboration with the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - The duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is a key determinant in the severity of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. DUP is a modifiable factor that if reduced can improve patient outcome and treatment response. We sought to decrease DUP in rural Argentina by instituting annual training of local health agents to better identify signs of mental illness and offer earlier intervention. DUP was estimated using Schedules of Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). Ongoing training was correlated with a reduction in DUP. Reducing DUP through better screening can decrease the psychosocial burden of disease and improve the trajectory of psychosis.
AB - The duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is a key determinant in the severity of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. DUP is a modifiable factor that if reduced can improve patient outcome and treatment response. We sought to decrease DUP in rural Argentina by instituting annual training of local health agents to better identify signs of mental illness and offer earlier intervention. DUP was estimated using Schedules of Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). Ongoing training was correlated with a reduction in DUP. Reducing DUP through better screening can decrease the psychosocial burden of disease and improve the trajectory of psychosis.
KW - Duration of untreated psychosis
KW - Primary care intervention
KW - Schedules of Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry
KW - Schizophrenia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2014.10.039
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2014.10.039
M3 - Article
C2 - 25439394
AN - SCOPUS:84921493501
VL - 161
SP - 184
EP - 187
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
SN - 0920-9964
IS - 2-3
ER -