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Hope is important - early psychosis for the non-specialist doctor
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42 minutes
Released:
Dec 31, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Psychosis often emerges for the first time in adolescence and young adulthood. In around four out of five patients symptoms remit, but most experience relapses and further difficulties.
Psychosis can be a frightening and bewildering experience for both patients and families. Early proactive support and intervention improves clinical outcomes, avoids costly and traumatic hospital admissions, and is preferred by patients and their families
In this podcast,Sagnik Bhattacharyya, consultant psychiatrist at the Lambeth Hospital South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and David Shiers, former GP, honorary reader in early psychosis at at Manchester University, join us to discuss early treatment - and why hope is important for both GPs and patients.
Read the full practice article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j4578
And see the infographic on identification and management of psychotic disorders.
http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2017/11/08/bmj.j4578.DC1/psychosis_v28.pdf
Psychosis can be a frightening and bewildering experience for both patients and families. Early proactive support and intervention improves clinical outcomes, avoids costly and traumatic hospital admissions, and is preferred by patients and their families
In this podcast,Sagnik Bhattacharyya, consultant psychiatrist at the Lambeth Hospital South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and David Shiers, former GP, honorary reader in early psychosis at at Manchester University, join us to discuss early treatment - and why hope is important for both GPs and patients.
Read the full practice article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j4578
And see the infographic on identification and management of psychotic disorders.
http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2017/11/08/bmj.j4578.DC1/psychosis_v28.pdf
Released:
Dec 31, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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