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Early Treatment Is Crucial for Psychosis – Why Is It So Hard to Get?

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Each year in the United States, roughly 100,000 young adults experience a psychotic episode including hearing voices or hallucinations. Treating those episodes early on can prevent some of the worst outcomes of mental illness such as homelessness or not being able to hold down a job. The National Institute of Mental Health has outlined what experts call a “gold standard” for early treatment of psychosis, but access to that care is often unavailable or not covered by insurance. We talk about why it’s so hard for psychosis patients to receive the care they need and what we can do about it. Guests: Adriana Furuzawa, early psychosis division director, Felton Institute Tara Niendam, vice chair for research and executive director, UC Davis Early Psychosis Programs Mike Krechevsky, family support specialist, Felton Institute Early Psychosis - Mike's son had psychosis and went through an early intervention program. April Dembosky, health correspondent, KQED News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Each year in the United States, roughly 100,000 young adults experience a psychotic episode,

1:09.2

including perhaps hearing voices or seeing hallucinations.

1:13.5

Treating those episodes early on can prevent some of the worst outcomes of mental illness,

1:18.1

such as homelessness or not being able to hold down a job.

1:21.6

The National Institute of Mental Health has outlined what experts call a gold standard

1:25.7

for early treatment of psychosis, but access to that

1:28.4

care is often unavailable or not covered by insurance. KQED health reporter April Domboski

1:34.8

has been doing some deep reporting on the issue included in an episode of California Report

1:40.8

magazine. She joined us to share some of the stories of the people she met and tell us what she learned about these systemic barriers. Welcome to the show, April.

1:48.7

Thanks for having me. So why don't we start with you just kind of introducing us to one of the people that you interviewed and met in your work. Tell us about Yvonne.

1:58.9

Yeah, Yvonne is a young woman I met who first started experiencing

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