Early intervention for psychosis in Hong Kong – the EASY programme

Tang, Joyce; Wong, Gloria; Hui, Christy Lai Ming; Lam, May M.L.; Chiu, Chaw-Chi; Chan, Sherry Kit Wa; Chung, Dicky W. S.; Tso, S.K.; Chan, King Ming; Yip, Ka Chee; Hung, Se Fong; Chen, Eric

doi:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00193.x

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“…et al, 2015). In Hong Kong, an early intervention service, the Early Assessment Service for Young People with Psychosis (EASY) program (Tang et al, 2010), was implemented in 2001 as a territory-wide service within the public healthcare system by the Hospital Authority (HA). This program provides a two-year phase-specific intervention to patients with FEP of age 15 to 25.…”

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Web-Based Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of First-Episode of Psychosis: An Experience of Chinese Population in Hong Kong

Tse

Sit²,

Hui

et al. 2016

Front. Psychol.

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Caregivers of patients with first-episode psychosis are often with little knowledge about the illness and experience more burden of care. Psychoeducation to caregivers has shown to be effective in improving outcomes of patients and possibly reduce stress of the caregivers. This has been recommended as one of the key psychosocial interventions for specific early intervention for psychosis service. However, the accessibility of the service, high case load of the health care professionals and self-stigma of caregivers are often the barriers of implementation of these programs in the real world. Incorporating the convenience of information access via internet and the concept of self-management approach, an interactive internet-based self-help psychoeducation program (iPEP) (www.ipep.hk) for the caregivers of patients with psychosis was established targeting the caregivers of patients with psychosis at early stage in Hong Kong. It provides a comprehensive online resource center in both written and video format on knowledge about psychosis, skills of care, and information of local resources. It also has a forum facilitate information exchange between healthcare professionals and the caregivers, allowing for self-management. Over 800 caregivers have joined the program as members. The evaluation of the subset of the members/users of the iPEP suggested that the iPEP program has been well received and appreciated by the caregivers of patients with first episode psychosis locally. It can potentially serve as a platform for future development of specific manual-based psychoeducation program for caregivers targeting at the needs of different groups.

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Web-Based Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of First-Episode of Psychosis: An Experience of Chinese Population in Hong Kong

Tse

Sit²,

Hui

et al. 2016

Front. Psychol.

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“…Since 2001, this publicly funded specialized program has been providing early assessment and phase-specific intervention to all individuals aged 15-25 years experiencing their FEP in Hong Kong (Tang et al, 2010). Since 2001, this publicly funded specialized program has been providing early assessment and phase-specific intervention to all individuals aged 15-25 years experiencing their FEP in Hong Kong (Tang et al, 2010).…”

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Prevalence and risk factors for violent behavior in young people presenting with first-episode psychosis in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up study

Chang

Chan

Hui

et al. 2015

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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In a large representative cohort of Chinese young FEP patients, the rates of violent behavior before and after treatment were relatively lower than that reported in the literature. Risk factors for violence identified by the current study were comparable to the findings of previous research conducted in western populations. Close monitoring of patients with history of violence and specific treatments targeting at minimizing substance abuse may facilitate early identification and intervention of high-risk cases to reduce violence risk in the early course of illness.

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“…Evidence shows the efficacy of adjunctive psychosocial interventions for first-episode psychosis [23–30]. Methodological complications have been found since most published studies utilized quasi-experimental and single-group designs to assess the effectiveness of treatment programs [12].…”

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Integrated Treatment to Achieve Functional Recovery for First-Episode Psychosis

Valencia

Juárez

Ortega

2012

Schizophrenia Research and Treatment

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This study describes an integrated treatment approach that was implemented to enhance functional recovery in first-episode psychotic patients. Patients were randomized to two treatment conditions: either to an integrated treatment approach: pharmacotherapy, psychosocial treatment, and psychoeducation (experimental group: N = 39) or to medication alone (control group: N = 34). Patients were evaluated at baseline and after one year of treatment. Functional recovery was assessed according to symptomatic and functional remission. At the end of treatment, experimental patients showed a 94.9% of symptomatic remission compared to 58.8% of the control group. Functional remission was 56.4% for the experimental group and 3.6% for the control group, while 56.4% of the experimental group met both symptomatic and functional remission criteria and were considered recovered compared to 2.9% of the control group.

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Early intervention for psychosis in Hong Kong – the EASY programme

Abstract: The results suggested that the programme improved patients' outcome. Additional costs such as extra medical staff and medications may be offset by the shortened hospital stay. Further directions in early intervention are also discussed.

Cited by 70 publications

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Web-Based Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of First-Episode of Psychosis: An Experience of Chinese Population in Hong Kong

Web-Based Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of First-Episode of Psychosis: An Experience of Chinese Population in Hong Kong

Prevalence and risk factors for violent behavior in young people presenting with first-episode psychosis in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up study

Integrated Treatment to Achieve Functional Recovery for First-Episode Psychosis

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