Latest from PEPP!! "Fit for purpose: Conception and psychometric evaluation of developmentally appropriate measures to assess functional recovery in first-episode psychosis across geo-cultural contexts" 10.1037/prj0000504 APA Journals Douglas Research Centre ACCESS Open Minds IEPA

Unfinished business: Functional outcomes in a RCT of a 3‐year extension of early intervention vs regular care following two years of early intervention for psychosis doi/10.1111/acps.13377 Eóin Killackey @cceip CRISP Douglas Improve work/study opportunities & functioning in EIS

Childhood adversities are linked to longer delays to early psychosis treatment in this recently published paper by PEPP PhD grads Franz Veru & Kathleen MacDonald. Check it out here ! authors.elsevier.com/a/1eI2dbZg7EYqF Douglas Research Centre CRISP Douglas IEPA ACCESS Open Minds SCARF (India)

In 2017 Quebec invested in psychosis early intervention with💰, standards and implementation support. Now, high-quality early intervention services for psychosis can be accessed rapidly in most of QC. Continued support can sustain & improve care quality. bit.ly/3FnIGwL

Is medication discontinuation possible without negative consequences in first-episode psychosis? Does context matter in answering this? Find some answers in our UNIQUE study in Chennai, India & Montreal, Canada: bit.ly/3535ghB PEPP-Montréal Douglas Research Centre @IEPA

Cast your vote for finalist Srividya Iyer, leader of ACCESS Open Minds Canada’s largest youth #mentalhealth network. She's received many awards including Principal’s Prize at McGill University. Read about the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Western Union: canadianimmigrant.ca/top25

We are proud of your accomplishments and contributions, Srividya Iyer!

More PROMs & FROMs (patient-& family-reported measures) needed if we’re to be true to the philosophy of engagement of #EarlyIntervention: takeaway from Iyer,Manuela Ferrari & Jai Shah’s comprehensive review of measures Patrick McGorry EPI Canada IEPA👉bit.ly/3fEyQjh

Il faut plus de PROMs et FROMs (mesures rapportées par les patients et familles) pour être fidèles à la philosophie de l'engagement des PIPEP: Point clé de la revue des mesures de Iyer Manuela Ferrari et Jai Shah. EPI Canada Patrick McGorry Douglas Research Centre 👉bit.ly/3fEyQjh

#FridayVibes: 📢 Check out this recent publication on the #measures used in #earlyintervention services for psychosis led by our team Manuela Ferrari @DrJaishah @MeganAPope and Srividya Iyer ⤵️ ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap… #mentalhealth #youthmentalhealth #research

Maria Ferrara, MD, PhD Sinan Guloksuz Jai Shah Dr. Vinod Srihari Comparing treatment delays and pathways to early intervention services for psychosis in urban settings 🇮🇳🇨🇦link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🖊️Kat MacDonald PEPP-Montréal et al. PDF: rdcu.be/c2y4I

🎉#FridayVibes: 📷Just #hottoffthepress is this publication from our team, about the role of language, communication and #culture in #earlyintervention care for psychosis. Read the #OpenAccess article here 📷⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Authors: @anika_maraj, Manuela Ferrari, Kat MacDonald, Matthew Peters, Ridha Joober, Jai Shah & Srividya Iyer 👏

A special day: 20th anniversary of PEPP-Montréal and celebration of the career of Dr Ashok Malla. Wonderful reflections and a call for new horizons from so many - locally, nationally and globally.