April 1, 2012
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Journal Article
PIER offers a new model for community health education that, in contrast to traditional mental health education, strengthens capacity for proactive engagement of key stakeholders in youth mental health.
January 13, 2012
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Journal Article
An innovative Virginia health care law enables competent adults with serious mental illness to plan for treatment during incapacitating crises using an integrated advance directive with no legal distinction between psychiatric or other causes of decisional incapacity.
January 28, 2009
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Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
September 1, 2008
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Evaluation
This evaluation is of a program designed to replicate the Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) Program, which uses evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
National Program
A model that improves the health and well-being of adolescents by using evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
April 1, 2012
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Journal Article
The theory behind and current status of treatment for psychotic disorders demonstrates that both family psychoeducation and psychoeducational multifamily groups have shown promising outcomes.
April 1, 2012
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Journal Article
The Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis Program (EDIPPP) is a large clinical trial funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to test whether Family-Aided Community Treatment (FACT) can delay or prevent the onset of psychosis in at-risk young people.
April 1, 2012
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Journal Article
The authors use a review of theoretical, conceptual and empirical background for research on early identification and intervention for improved outcomes in psychiatric disorders to argue that existing evidence justifies early identification and prevention of psychosis as routine clinical practice.
April 1, 2012
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Journal Article
An introduction to a special issue of Adolescent Psychiatry describes the relevance of its focus on topics relative to prodromal symptoms or to individuals at clinical high risk for a first psychotic episode.
January 7, 2009
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Video/Story
How the Portland Identification and Early Referral program intervenes to prevent severe mental illness in teens and young adults.