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Identification, Screening, and Assessment Resources for Providers

Information on screening tools, assessment procedures, and how to discuss diagnoses with individuals and families.

Beating the Clock: Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis
NASMHPD
In an effort to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, this webinar discusses strategies for engaging people in evidence-based first episode psychosis programs, building awareness through targeted outreach, collaborating with systems partners, encouraging help-seeking, and how all of this can impact the trajectory their wellness.

Measuring the Duration of Untreated Psychosis Within First Episode Psychosis Coordinated Specialty Care (PDF | 611 KB)
NASMHPD
This issue brief reviews the literature on duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), examines different DUP measures in existence, and considers the implications of implementing this practice in community mental health settings. The purpose of the document is to enable early psychosis services to be informed about the critical elements for consideration when integrating DUP measurement into routine clinical care.

Prevention of psychosis in adolescents – systematic review and meta-analysis of advances in detection, prognosis, and intervention
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
This review article addresses the gaps and furthers understanding in the field of prevention of psychosis for children and adolescents at clinical high-risk for psychosis.

Use of Performance Measures in Early Intervention Programs (PDF | 9.7 MB)
NASMHPD
This guide provides an overview of performance measures used and why they may be important to states and clinics that are considering implementing an early intervention Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) program. This guide also provides insight into the use of performance measures by nine first-episode CSC programs, specifically addressing the clinical and administrative utility, as well as the collection burden of each performance measure in use by the program.

Equity in Mental Health Services for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Considering Marginalized Identities and Stressors
Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This narrative review and call to action uses an intersectional and minority stress lens to review and discuss issues related to equity in CHR-P services.

Neurocognitive Functioning in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
JAMA Psychiatry
This study aims to provide an updated synthesis of evidence on the consistency and magnitude of neurocognitive functioning in individuals at CHR-P.

The Prodromal Questionnaire
University of California, San Francisco
The Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ) and its derivatives, including the PQ-Brief (PQ-B), the PQ-16, the PQ-Brief Child Version, and the PQ-Likert Scale Version have been translated into other languages.

PRIME Screen - Revised (PDF | 103 KB)
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takahiro Nemoto, Hiroki Koshikawa, Yasunori Osono, Ryoko Yamazawa, Masaaki Murakami, Haruo Kashima, and Masafumi Mizuno
The PRIME screener was developed by researchers from Yale University’s PRIME Clinic based on a structured interview known as the SIPS (Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes). The PRIME screen is designed to quickly assess individuals at risk for developing a psychotic disorder.

Abbreviated Clinical Structured Interview for DSM-5 Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome (Mini-SIPS)
Scott Woods, Barbara Walsh, Tyrone Cannon
The mini-SIPS is a condensed version of the SIPS designed to take 20-30 minutes to conduct. It is intended to efficiently identify for clinicians the minimum information needed to support a DSM-5 Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome (APS) diagnosis.

Online Training for Mini-SIPS
Yale University
This research study involves a training program that is designed to introduce psychosis, explain the mini-SIPS instrument, and provide the background knowledge needed to assess an individual for APS, as defined in the DSM-5.

Last Updated: 03/18/2024