Initiative: First Episode Psychosis


About the Initiative on First Episode Psychosis

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Initiative goal

To collaborate with the New York State Office of Mental Health Center for Practice Innovations to help explore issues of race and culture in treatment following a first episode of psychosis (FEP).

NYSPI-CECC staff will participate in interviews with clients from one FEP treatment program, RAISE Connection, to learn how they came to seek FEP treatment following a first episode, and will examine the ways in which race and culture impact treatment-seeking. Center staff will also examine service delivery through the New York State initiative, OnTrackNY.

Planned analyses include:

  • Examination of factors affecting pathways to mental health care, and ways to reduce duration of untreated psychosis
  • Examination of the delivery of education and employment services, particularly for diverse populations who may have encountered disparities in the education and employment sectors
  • Shared client-provider decision making
  • Asset building

Associated project

Prodromal Psychosis Project

Reports

We invite you to read our Cultural Competence Matters reports on this topic:

You may see all our periodic Cultural Competence Matters reports here: Cultural Competence Matters.


To see an alphabetical list of the projects that are being conducted as part of our research initiatives, please click here: Research projects at the CECC