Extended early intervention versus standard psychiatric
care for adults with first-episode psychosis
WC Chang1,2, SKW Chan1,2,
EHM Lee1, CLM Hui1, EYH Chen1,2
1 Department of Psychiatry, LKS Faculty
of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
2 State Key Laboratory of
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
1. Adult patients with first-episode psychosis who
received 3-year extended Early Assessment Service for Young People with
Psychosis (EASY) had significantly shorter treatment delay than those
treated with standard psychiatric care.
2. Extended EASY programme was superior to standard care in improving functional outcome and alleviating symptom severity, in particular negative and depressive symptoms.
3. Lack of positive effect of extended EASY programme on reducing admission and suicide rates may be due to the modest sample size. Further investigation involving greater number of patients is required.
2. Extended EASY programme was superior to standard care in improving functional outcome and alleviating symptom severity, in particular negative and depressive symptoms.
3. Lack of positive effect of extended EASY programme on reducing admission and suicide rates may be due to the modest sample size. Further investigation involving greater number of patients is required.