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. 2012:2012:962371.
doi: 10.1155/2012/962371. Epub 2012 May 10.

Integrated treatment to achieve functional recovery for first-episode psychosis

Marcelo Valencia  1 , Francisco Juarez, Hector Ortega
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Integrated treatment to achieve functional recovery for first-episode psychosis

Marcelo Valencia et al. Schizophr Res Treatment. 2012.

Abstract

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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