Rethinking Schizophrenia: Optimizing Care Pathways in Europe from the First Episode of Psychosis to Long-Term Care

Pavel Mohr; Geert Dom; Peter Falkai; Celso Arango; Istvan Bitter; Julian Beezhold; Patrice Boyer; Ana Catalan; Boris Chaumette; Sonia Dollfus; Cedric Duarte; Paolo Fusar-Poli; Wolfgang Gaebel; Silvana Galderisi; Oliver Howes; Peter Keri; Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg; Merete Nordentoft; Janusz Rybakowski; Jerzy Samochowiec; Agata Szulc; Piotr Toczyski; Joao Vasco Santos; Antonio Vita; Vinciane Quoidbach

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.10172

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Rethinking Schizophrenia: Optimizing Care Pathways in Europe from the First Episode of Psychosis to Long-Term Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2026

Pavel Mohr*: Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Prague, Czech Republic; Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Geert Dom: Affiliation:
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Peter Falkai: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Munich University Hospital, Munich, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany; German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Munich-Augsburg, Germany
Celso Arango: Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Istvan Bitter: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Julian Beezhold: Affiliation:
Great Yarmouth Acute Service, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Patrice Boyer: Affiliation:
European Brain Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Ana Catalan: Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain; Department of Psychiatry; Basurto University Hospital, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain; Neurosciences, Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, Bizkaia, Spain; Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health, Carlos III Institute (CIBERSAM, ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
Boris Chaumette: Affiliation:
Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, GHU-Paris Psychiatrie et Neursociences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
Sonia Dollfus: Affiliation:
University Caen Normandie, INSERM U1237 Caen, France
Cedric Duarte: Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychology, Hôpitaux Robert Schuman, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paolo Fusar-Poli: Affiliation:
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Wolfgang Gaebel: Affiliation:
LVR-Klinikum, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Silvana Galderisi: Affiliation:
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
Oliver Howes: Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK; Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
Peter Keri: Affiliation:
GAMIAN-Europe, Brussels, Belgium
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg: Affiliation:
Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg, University/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany; German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Site Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ulm Mannheim, Germany
Merete Nordentoft: Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Janusz Rybakowski: Affiliation:
Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Jerzy Samochowiec: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Agata Szulc: Affiliation:
Medical University of Warsaw. Department of Psychiatry, Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Toczyski: Affiliation:
Maria Grzegorzewska University (APS), Warsaw, Poland
Joao Vasco Santos: Affiliation:
RISE-Health, Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto & Public Health Unit, ULS Santo António, Porto, Portugal
Antonio Vita: Affiliation:
University of Brescia, School of Medicine, Brescia, Italy
Vinciane Quoidbach: Affiliation:
European Brain Council, Brussels, Belgium, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
*: *Corresponding author: Pavel Mohr, National Institute of Mental Health – CZ, Topolova 748, 250 67 Klecany, Czech Republic. Email: pavel.mohr@nudz.cz

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schizophrenia first-episode psychosis care pathway system of care

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Type: Research Article
Information: European Psychiatry , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 27

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