Open AccessER role in identifying first-episode psychosis
Author(s) -
Daniele Ebbli,
Panfilo Ciancaglini
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2007.6.6
Subject(s) - medicine , realm , psychosis , pathological , psychiatry , emergency department , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , intensive care medicine , political science , law
The change happened in psychiatric field from the 50s did not produce a considerable improvement in the effectiveness of psychosis therapy. In this realm, many Authors are suggesting to develop a more active and careful therapeutic attitude to prevention aspects. They underline that a clinical picture of maximum of positive symptoms arrives at the hospital admission with an average delay of two months, after a year of psychotic prephase and 3-5 years of negative or non specific signs of mental disorder. The emergency department could be a good structure for the early interception of pathological or risk conditions and to direct them towards a proper specialist therapy