Category: EPC

Peer Specialist for OnTrackNY

OnTrack NY Peer Specialist speaking about the role of Peer Specialist and his work on an OnTrackNY team.

We’re In This Together: Engaging Families in Early Psychosis Care

The effectiveness of family-based interventions for psychosis care has been known since the 1970s.  Psychosis impacts not only the young person at the center of concern, but the entire family.…
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Washington Early Recognition Center (WERC) and Outcomes of Early Treatment Evidence from Missouri

Washington Early Recognition Center (WERC): A Free Clinic for Early Stage Psychosis and High Risk Youth in St. Louis   Outcomes of Early Treatment Evidence from Missouri  

Differentiating between Clinical High Risk for psychosis and First Episode Psychosis: opportunities and challenges

This presentation will provide an overview of Clinical High Risk of psychosis (CHRp) and First Episode Psychosis (FEP) with a focus on a continuum model. Discussion will include cultural considerations…
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ArtAngel The Directors: Watch and Discuss

Join us to watch and discuss three short films made in collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis. Positioned behind the camera,…
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The Importance of Addressing Cannabis Use in Early Psychosis and How to Do It

Up to one-third of individuals experiencing early psychosis use cannabis and one in four meet criteria for a cannabis use disorder.  Cannabis use is associated with multiple devastating outcomes, including…
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Exploring Pathways to Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis: Barriers to Access and Facilitating Engagement

This presentation will explore barriers and facilitators to accessing coordinated speciality care. The presentation will then link how prior experiences impact initial and sustained engagement in coordinated specialty care. Finally,…
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Trauma in First Episode Psychosis: Identifying Risk and Supporting Resilience

Trauma is a public health issue that requires clinical attention and research to prevent wide array of poor outcomes. Trauma symptoms are common in psychosis and contribute to poorer course…
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Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

This presentation will discuss the importance of early intervention for improving treatment engagement and clinical outcomes in psychotic disorders. Scientific support for this approach will be presented, including findings from…
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Cultural and Contextual Considerations in the Early Identification of Risk for Psychosis

This presentation will provide an overview of the psychosis risk syndrome and how racial and ethnic factors have influenced diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes—both historically and in the current time. The…
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Emerging Adults with First-Episode Psychosis: Clinical and Developmental Considerations

In this session, Dr. Moe will discuss the importance of considering developmental phase (i.e., emerging adulthood) in providing clinical services to individuals with first-episode psychosis. She will review existing interventions…
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