The Early Intervention in Psychosis IRIS Network supports the promotion of EI in psychosis. First formed to support the National EI Programme (2004-2010) this network brings together elected EI regional leads to share issues and solutions.
THIS WEBSITE IS MAINTAINED BY THE NETWORK, CONTINUING MANY YEARS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN IRIS AND THE NATIONAL EI PROGRAMME.
NEW!! Briefing on Early Intervention in Psychosis. NHS Confederation. May 2011 |
ALL IN THE MIND?
PAUL BURSTOW IS INTERVIEWED BY RADIO 4`s CLAUDIA HAMMONDCoalition health minister values early intervention in psychosis on radio 4's All in the Mind programme‘The evidence is pretty compelling that by intervening early you can make a real difference; you can avoid someone being admitted into acute hospital care so this is really a no brainer. It makes sense to invest in early interventions to go back upstream and make sure we prevent these sorts of problems’. |
Early Intervention: From Margin to Mainstream.Jellycat Media reviews the last ten years in the film below |
NEW REPORT!!Joint working at the interface Early Intervention in Psychosis and specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. |
Suicide risk management in the first episode of psychosis. by Paddy Power and |Stehen McGowan April 2011 |
Click here for GP Commissioning resources - the evidence base, service models and cost-impact.
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE“I ha Professor Louis Appleby, National Director for Mental Health October 10th 2008 Policies and Practice for Europe (DH/WHO Europe conference attended by 35 European Countries) |
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seen how much progress early intervention teams have made, how
innovative they have been, and the impact they are having. I now
believe that early intervention will be the most important and far reaching reform of the NSF era. Crisis resolution has had the most immediate effect but I think early intervention will have the greatest effect on people’s lives."