Voice hearing in young people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following multiple trauma exposure.

PTSD is comorbid with a number of other mental health difficulties and the link between voice hearing and PTSD has been explored in adult samples. To compare the trauma history, symptomatology, and cognitive phenotypes of children and adolescents with a PTSD diagnosis following exposure to multiple traumatic events presenting with voice hearing with those who do not report hearing voices. Participants ( = 120) were aged 8-17 years and had PTSD following exposure to multiple traumas.

The Early Youth Engagement (EYE-2) intervention in first-episode psychosis services: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness evaluation.

Background: Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services improve outcomes for young people, but approximately 30% disengage.

Aims: To test whether a new motivational engagement intervention would prolong engagement and whether it was cost-effective.

Method: We conducted a multicentre, single-blind, parallel-group, cluster randomised controlled trial involving 20 EIP teams at five UK National Health Service (NHS) sites.

Associations between rural/urban status, duration of untreated psychosis and mode of onset of psychosis: a mental health electronic clinical records analysis in the East of England, UK.

Purpose: The influence of rurality on the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in first-episode psychosis (FEP) is poorly understood. We investigated factors associated with FEP in rural/urban settings and whether there are rural/urban differences in DUP and the mode (speed) of onset of psychosis.

Methods: We used the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Research Database (CPFTRD) to identify all persons presenting to an early intervention for psychosis service with FEP between 2013 and 2015.

The effectiveness of public health interventions, initiatives, and campaigns designed to improve pathways to care for individuals with psychotic disorders: A systematic review.

Purpose: Lengthy duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and duration of untreated illness (DUI) in people at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR-P) and first episode psychosis (FEP) is associated with poorer outcomes. However, individuals with FEP often experience negative pathways to care involving contacts with police, crisis services and requiring compulsory admissions, and evidence suggests individuals with both FEP and CHR-P often experience lengthy delays to treatment. Early detection interventions, such as public health interventions, may be one way to reduce delays.

Characteristics of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young people with PTSD following multiple trauma exposure.

Background: Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is a relatively new diagnosis. The objective of the present study was to investigate how trauma characteristics, comorbid psychopathology and cognitive and social factors experienced by children and adolescents with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis following exposure to multiple traumatic events differs between those who meet the criteria for CPTSD and those who do not.

Method: The present research used baseline data from the DECRYPT trial (BMJ Open, 2021, 11, e047600).