"Prompt Treatment For Psychosis Patients" - Jeffery Borenstein, MD
For people with psychosis in early stage schizophrenia, early treatment is important. Patients whose psychotic symptoms go untreated for longer periods of time tend to have more severe symptoms and a lower quality of life, even after treatment. Philip R. Szeszko, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was part of the research team conducting this study. Researchers found that symptoms left untreated the longest have the worst treatment outcomes. Patients also had less brain activity connecting the striatum to specific regions in the brain's cerebral cortex.
- Philip R. Szeszko, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai