Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) results are strongly influenced by educational level. The Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB) is an alternative assessment tool that provides more accurate results in individuals with less education. Objective: Our aim was to compare the MMSE and BCSB as screening tests. Methods: The MMSE and BCSB were assessed in 112 participants by two evaluators blind to the other test's result. Participants were classified according to their level of education. The influence of education level was analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and multiple comparison tests. Results: Scores of the MMSE (p < 0.0001) and the clock-drawing test (p < 0.0001) were influenced by education level but the delayed recall test score was not (p = 0.0804). The verbal fluency test (p = 0.00035) was influenced only by higher educational levels. It took three minutes less to apply the MMSE than to apply the BCSB (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: These findings suggest that the delayed recall test and the verbal fluency test of the BCSB are better than the MMSE and clock-drawing test as tools for evaluating cognition in people with limited education.

Aim: People presenting with first-episode psychosis (FEP) can benefit from early intervention programmes. However, such programmes are scarce in low-and middleincome countries (LMICs). In Brazil, there are a few programmes, but they are unequally distributed across the country. We aimed to describe the implementation and performance of the Ribeirão Preto Early Intervention in Psychosis Programme (Ribeirão Preto-EIP), an outpatient service for patients presenting with FEP residing in the Ribeirão Preto catchment area in Southeastern Brazil.Methods: A detailed description of the service, staff and theoretical framework was compiled. Furthermore, a retrospective cohort study of patients attending the programme throughout 4 years (2015-2018) was conducted. Data were obtained by analysing the medical records of all patients, and sociodemographic and diagnostic stability information for this period was recorded.Results: The Ribeirão Preto-EIP had 358 new referrals during the study period. Among them, 237 patients were assessed for an average (median) duration of 14 months. Most patients were male (64.1%) and single (84.8%). The median age was 23.5 years (range, 9-86 years). Schizophrenia was the main diagnosis (43.4%), followed by substance-induced (25.7%) and affective (18.6%) psychosis. Referrals occurred from emergency, inpatient, community-based mental health and primary care services.Conclusions: Programmes such as the Ribeirão Preto-EIP demonstrate that early intervention in psychosis is feasible in LMICs despite significant challenges for their access and integration in the health system. Strategic scale-up policies could be undertaken to offer better short-and long-term outcomes for individuals presenting with FEP and their families.

Prevalência de transtornos psiquiátricos em duas coortes de nascimento de Ribeirão Preto -SP Ribeirão Preto O presente trabalho foi realizado com apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior -Brasil (CAPES) -Código de Financiamento 001 RESUMO SCARABELOT, Luis Felipe. Prevalência de transtornos psiquiátricos em duas coortes de nascimento de Ribeirão Preto -SP. 2023.