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Pre-admission

This section contains useful tools, documents and key resources for care services and treatment pathways before admission to the ward.

	Title: CAARMS Published: July 2006 Summary: Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk States. A very large in depth and wordy but comprehensive assessment of risk type of questions and possible examples. Useful to know about and may be used to focus subsequent risk assessment in certain areas.
	Title: Early intervention in psychosis service operational policy Published: November 2005 Summary: Early Intervention in Psychosis Service Operational Policy. This Operational Policy provides the framework for the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIS) and translates the requirements of National Mental Health Policy into practice.
	Title: Rethink right from the start Published: September 2003 Summary: Second Rethink report on the Early interventions to psychosis project and the 8 barriers to early detection and intervention.
	Title: Family intervention and support Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to the specific application of family interventions in an early intervention service.
	Title: Acute treatment Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to devloping an early intervention acute treatment package.
	Title: Psychological interventions Published: 1997 Summary: The early Pychosis Training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to the specific application of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in an early intervention service.
	Title: Training -Strategies for early assistance Published: 1997 Summary: The early psychosis training pack is based on the expertise gathered at EPPIC and provides a 'how to guide' to review the strategies, pathways and interventions to support individuals experiencing early psychosis.
	Title: Navigating mental health services Summary: Introduction to mental health service, may be useful for service user/carer groups or presentation to non-professional staff or student nurses.
	Title: Social inclusion Summary: A very useful presentation which considers the problem of social exclusion and it's effect on people with psychiatric illness. Suitable for people anywhere along the acute pathway. Social exclusion is a real issue for those admitted to inpatient units, the effects are far reaching.
	Title: Medication in early onset psychosis Summary: Presentation to raise awareness of the major issues with the use of anti-psychotic medication covering concordance with the recipient. It covers the advantages and side effects of medication and its usage balanced with other forms for support and treatment. Useful for junior doctors, nurse prescribers, all staff administering and monitoring medication in ward and community setting useful for staff who have to explain the effects/side effects of medication to service user and his/her carers.
	Title: Rethink report reaching people early Summary: Project report on the Early Implementation Project, the eight stages of the project and some positive stories.

 

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