%0 Journal Article
%T ER role in identifying first-episode psychosis
%A Daniele Ebbli
%A Panfilo Ciancaglini
%J Emergency Care Journal
%D 2007
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/ecj.2007.6.6
%X The change happened in psychiatric field from the 50s did not produce a considerable improvement in the effectiveness of psychosis therapy. In this realm, many Authors are suggesting to develop a more active and careful therapeutic attitude to prevention aspects. They underline that a clinical picture of maximum of positive symptoms arrives at the hospital admission with an average delay of two months, after a year of psychotic prephase and 3-5 years of negative or non specific signs of mental disorder. The emergency department could be a good structure for the early interception of pathological or risk conditions and to direct them towards a proper specialist therapy.
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1228