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Schultze-Lutter, Frauke, Rahman, Jonas, Ruhrmann, Stephan ORCID: 0000-0002-6022-2364, Michel, Chantal ORCID: 0000-0003-1165-6681, Schimmelmann, Benno G., Maier, Wolfgang and Klosterkoetter, Joachim (2015). Duration of unspecific prodromal and clinical high risk states, and early help-seeking in first-admission psychosis patients. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol., 50 (12). S. 1831 - 1842. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1433-9285

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Abstract

Prevention of psychosis requires both presence of clinical high risk (CHR) criteria and early help-seeking. Previous retrospective studies of the duration of untreated illness (i.e. prodrome plus psychosis) did not distinguish between prodromal states with and without CHR symptoms. Therefore, we examined the occurrence of CHR symptoms and first help-seeking, thereby considering effects of age at illness-onset. Adult patients first admitted for psychosis (n = 126) were retrospectively assessed for early course of illness and characteristics of first help-seeking. One-hundred and nine patients reported a prodrome, 58 with CHR symptoms. In patients with an early illness-onset before age 18 (n = 45), duration of both illness and psychosis were elongated, and CHR symptoms more frequent (68.9 vs. 33.3 %) compared to those with adult illness-onset. Only 29 patients reported help-seeking in the prodrome; this was mainly self-initiated, especially in patients with an early illness-onset. After the onset of first psychotic symptoms, help-seeking was mainly initiated by others. State- and age-independently, mental health professionals were the main first point-of-call (54.0 %). Adult first-admission psychosis patients with an early, insidious onset of symptoms before age 18 were more likely to recall CHR symptoms as part of their prodrome. According to current psychosis-risk criteria, these CHR symptoms, in principle, would have allowed the early detection of psychosis. Furthermore, compared to patients with an adult illness-onset, patients with an early illness-onset were also more likely to seek help on their own account. Thus, future awareness strategies to improve CHR detection might be primarily related to young persons and self-perceived subtle symptoms.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schultze-Lutter, Frauke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rahman, Jonas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ruhrmann, Stephan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6022-2364 UNSPECIFIED Michel, Chantal UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-6681 UNSPECIFIED Schimmelmann, Benno G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maier, Wolfgang UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klosterkoetter, Joachim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-385484
DOI:	10.1007/s00127-015-1093-3
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol.
Volume:	50
Number:	12
Page Range:	S. 1831 - 1842
Date:	2015
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1433-9285
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ULTRA-HIGH-RISK; EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM; 1ST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS; GENERAL-POPULATION; BASE-LINE; PSYCHIATRIC-CARE; TREATMENT DELAY; HEALTH-CARE; PATHWAYS Multiple languages Psychiatry Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/38548