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Since Australia is having an awful tussle with mental health reform, perhaps some discussion of best evidence for early medication in beginning psychoses? The government here has made an enormous switch from funding better access for everyone to publicly funded mental health care, towards an emphasis on treating early psychoses. It’s a $2.2 billion budget so a change in emphasis means someone may miss out. Possible articles:
PATRICK D. MCGORRY,1 EÓIN KILLACKEY,1,2 and ALISON YUNG1Early intervention in psychosis: concepts, evidence and future directionsWorld Psychiatry. 2008 October; 7(3): 148–156.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2559918/
McGorry is the mastermind behind the government’s new scheme.
and
Victoria Bird et al. Early intervention services, cognitive–behavioural therapy and family intervention in early psychosis: systematic review Br J Psychiatry. 2010 November; 197(5): 350–356. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966501.
There may be a better pair, but I’m not a specialist in psychosis treatment.
I don’t know if this would be the type of article to be reviewed but I would like to suggest this analysis of suicides associated with the economic recession:
http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5142
Thanks Heather, we may well be due another mental health related discussion soon, and that looks very current -thanks!