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Early intervention in psychosis: keeping faith with evidence-based health care

A commentary on: ‘Early intervention in psychotic disorders: faith before facts?’ by Bosanac et al. (2009)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

P. McGorry ,
J. O. Johanessen ,
S. Lewis ,
M. Birchwood ,
A. Malla ,
M. Nordentoft ,
J. Addington  and
A. Yung
P. McGorry*
Affiliation:
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
J. O. Johanessen
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Regional Centre for Clinical Research in Psychosis, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
S. Lewis
Affiliation:
School of Community-based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
M. Birchwood
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
A. Malla
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
M. Nordentoft
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Centre Bispebjerg, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark
J. Addington
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Canada
A. Yung
Affiliation:
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
*
*Address for correspondence: Professor P. McGorry, Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia. (Email: pmcgorry@unimelb.edu.au)
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Debateearly psychosisearly interventionevidence-based health careprevention

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , March 2010 , pp. 399 - 404
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