Psychiatric News (9/29) reports that while “specialty team-based services for first-episode psychosis (FEP) have the potential to improve outcomes among patients with schizophrenia,” in a viewpoint article, psychiatrists Maria Ferrara, MD, and Vinod H. Srihari, MD, of Yale University “described several factors that may disadvantage women in terms of both access to and quality of care in FEP services.” Those factors include “age of onset,” “clinical presentation,” “pathways to care,” “sexual and reproductive health,” and “preventive medicine.” The viewpoint was published online Sept. 23 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Women With First-Episode Psychosis Not Getting Targeted Care They Need Psychiatric News, September 29, 2020