Onset of psychosis to early intervention in mental health
Poster C102, Saturday, October 22, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Le Baron
Angela Carofiglio1, Maria Cristina Filograno5, Daria Portnova4, Giuseppe Verrastro1, Rosa Marinelli6, Elvira Damato7, Francesca Gatti7, Gerolama Stea7, Anna Maria Piperis7, Claudia Petrone8, Domenico Semisa2; 1Mental Health Department ASL BARI - Psychiatrist, 2Mental Health Department ASL BARi - Director of Department of Mental Health – ASL BA, 4GIPPSI (Interdisciplinary Management for the Prevention of Psychosis) - EPASSS Foundation - ACLI Social and Health Services BARI - Psychiatrist, 5GIPPSI (Interdisciplinary Management for the Prevention of Psychosis) - EPASSS Foundation - ACLI Social and Health Services BARI - Psychologist, 6GIPPSI (Interdisciplinary Management for the Prevention of Psychosis) - EPASSS Foundation - ACLI Social and Health Services BARI - Health Professional Educator Coordinator, 7GIPPSI (Interdisciplinary Management for the Prevention of Psychosis) - EPASSS Foundation - ACLI Social and Health Services BARI - Health Professional Educator, 8Mental Health Department ASL BARI - Trainee Psychologist
In clinical practice developed within five years of activities of our Center, we verified that the young people aged from 14 to 25 that came to us, were presenting situations of severe hardship and suffering not attributable to psychotic disorders. Just in relation to their age, all have a compromised social functioning, characterized by the interruption of the studies, emotional closure to the outside world, rejection of relations with peers. Clinical and psychological evaluation directed us to affective spectrum disorders, severe anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and personality disorders. The severity of the presented symptom setups and the risk of a rapid worsening of cognitive and social impairments led us to open at the early stages of our work a Center for these young people, in the belief that only a dedicated Center would give them effective answers.
Topic Area: Ultra High Risk / Prodromal Research