Early intervention service cuts suicide rate in schizophrenia [Sastha Bangla Desk] Early intervention (EI) services seem to improve the suicide rate for patients with first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum (FES) disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry (a monthly, peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association) Sherry Kit Wa Chan, M.R.C.Pysch., from the University of Hong Kong, and colleagues examined the correlation of a two-year EI service with suicide reduction in patients with FES disorders. A total of 617 consecutive patients with FES who received the two-year EI service between…
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