First-episode psychosis integrative treatment: Estonian experience.

Purpose: Research on first-episode psychosis early intervention has shown significant positive effects on psychopathological, functional and quality-of-life outcome measures. The effects reported have however been short-term and there is still only limited information about the long-term effects. This article will present the short-term results of an effectiveness study in a Baltic country and the first results of a registry-based long-term follow-up.

Diagnostic stability over 2 years in patients with acute and transient psychotic disorders.

Objective: The nosological entity of acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD) as an independent diagnostic category has become a subject of controversial opinions. The present study aimed to follow-up the diagnostic stability of index episode of ATPD and to examine the influence of clinical and socio-demographic factors on the ATPD prognosis.

Method: A sample of 153 (60.