The current management of patients with primary psychosis worldwide is often remarkably
stereotyped. In almost all cases an antipsychotic medication is prescribed, with second …

Objective: Young people who are at clinical high risk (CHR) of developing psychosis are
often help seeking and have significant distress and dysfunction. There are limited …

Outcomes of psychotic disorders are associated with high personal, familiar, societal and
clinical burden. There is thus an urgent clinical and societal need for improving those …

Objectives: Identify the presenting features of psychotic disorders. Describe the
epidemiology of psychotic disorders. Review the treatment and management options for …

This guideline has been developed to advise on the treatment and management of
psychosis and schizophrenia in adults. The guideline recommendations have been …

Background. The usefulness of any diagnostic scheme is directly related to its ability to
provide clinically useful information on need for care. In this study, the clinical usefulness of …

The group of schizophrenic psychoses is clinically and prognostically very heterogeneous.
Contradictory views about etiology have had a major negative effect of the development of …

Objective: The objective is to summarise recent findings from the 2010 Australian Survey of
High Impact Psychosis (SHIP) and examine their implications for future policy and planning …

Individuals reporting persistent psychotic experiences (PEs) in the general population, but
without a “need for care”, are a unique group of particular importance in identifying risk and …

These international clinical practice guidelines were developed with detailed input from 29
invited international consultants, who provided content as well as detailed feedback on draft …