Development and initial evaluation of a clinical prediction model for risk of treatment resistance in first-episode psychosis: Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment (SPIRIT) (2024)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Hattle, M., Kingstone, T., Ajnakina, O., Dazzan, P., Demjaha, A., …Riley, R. D. (2024). Development and initial evaluation of a clinical prediction model for risk of treatment resistance in first-episode psychosis: Schizophrenia Prediction of Resistance to Treatment (SPIRIT). British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.101

Background
A clinical tool to estimate the risk of treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) in people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) would inform early detection of TRS and overcome the delay of up to 5 years in starting TRS medication.

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Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Farooq, S., Fonseka, N., Wajid Ali, M., Milner, A., Hamid, S., Sheikh, S., …Ayub, M. (2024). Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, Article sbae025. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae025

Background and Hypothesis People with first-episode psychosis (FEP) in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) experience delays in receiving treatment, resulting in poorer outcomes and higher mortality. There is robust evidence for effective a... Read More about Early Intervention in Psychosis and Management of First Episode Psychosis in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Sheikh, S., Dikomitis, L., Haq, M. M. U., Khan, A. J., Sanauddin, N., …Lewis, M. (2023). Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), Article e072471. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072471

Objectives In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untrea... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.