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- Title
First episode psychosis integrative treatment: a 20-year experience in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Authors
Peebo, K.
- Abstract
Existing guidelines for first episode psychosis recommend identification and timely treatment of first-episode psychosis patients through specific early intervention programmes. Most guidelines also highlight the importance of family intervention to prevent relapse. The first episode psychosis integrative treatment programme in Tallinn, Estonia was established in 1997. The programme stems from the need-adapted model developed by Yrjö O. Alanen in Finland. The integrative family-centered team approach can be described by different levels: integration of different treatment modalities, inpatient and outpatient treatment, different specialities in a multiprofessional team and integration of multilevel expertise involving families. The efficacy of the integrative treatment model was investigated in a two-year follow-up. The study showed that patients in the programme had improved quality of life and employment rates after two years. This model is being used today with the same core features and with some new approaches included over the years. The aimof this presentation is to provide an introduction to the integrative family-centered team model and the psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions used inThe FirstEpisode Psychosis Integrative Treatment Department in Tallinn Psychiatry Clinic.
- Subjects
TALLINN (Estonia); FINLAND; PSYCHOSES; EMPLOYMENT statistics; TREATMENT effectiveness; THERAPEUTICS; QUALITY of life
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2020, Vol 63, pS621
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article