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FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS AND TREATMENT DELAY – CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Monica Ienciu ; University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeş” Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
Felicia Romoşan ; University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeş” Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
Cristina Bredicean ; University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeş” Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
R Romoşan ; University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeş” Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania

Sažetak

Introduction: According to the clinical perspective, early diagnosis of the prodromal phase and early treatment provision in the
first episode of psychosis (FEP) is able to prevent or reduce morbidity. The main aim of this study is to inventory and analyze the
most important causes of treatment delay from the perspective of patients, families and healthcare providers. The secondary aim is to
point out the most important consequences of treatment delay.
Subjects and methods: The study was conducted on 28 patients hospitalized for FEP of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder in the
Psychiatry Clinic of Timisoara and Day-care center 2009. The corresponding sample of relatives consisted of 25 relatives, and the
sample of health care providers of 10 general practitioners and 11 psychiatrists. A semi-structured interview with open-ended
questions was used.
Results: Data analysis generated the following themes: society’s beliefs and attitude about mental illness; fear of stigma and
labeling, insufficient information, lack of infrastructure from the perspective of the professionals, and modified threshold for
treatment initiation.
Conclusions: Efforts at the level of Communities as well as efforts at the level of psychiatry specialists could help individuals
and their families to overcome the illness situation and improve their quality of life.

Ključne riječi

first episode psychosis; treatment delay; duration of untreated psychosis

Hrčak ID:

76376

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/76376

Datum izdavanja:

8.12.2010.

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