But that’s not all, it is an overall use of health services which predicts this diagnosis of psychotic disorders, characteristics which could allow, from the data recorded in patient files, to have a systematic alert on the possible risk of psychotic disorder.
The study retrospective cohort study, one of the largest of its kind ever conducted on the subject, involving more than 10,000 young adult participants who received a first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder – compared to controls who received a diagnosis of psychotic disorder. mood, thus reveals that young people suffering from a psychotic disorder are close to:
- 4 times more likely to have ever been admitted to hospital for mental health reasons,
- 2 times more likely to have gone to the Emergency Department for mental health reasons;
- more likely to have ever been diagnosed with a substance use disorder.
“Taken together, these different data recorded in the patient’s file may indicate an increased risk of psychotic disorder,”
summarizes one of the lead authors, Dr. Nicole Kozloff, co-director of the Family Center for Youth in Transition at CAMH: “These findings are remarkably consistent with those of other organizations caring for these patients and call for further research into the early detection of psychotic illness.”
“People at risk of psychosis are hiding in plain sight.”
These initial results inspired the launch of the Toronto Adolescent & Youth (TAY) cohort study at CAMH, a 5-year study following 1,500 children and young adults presenting to mental health services, with the goal of further clarify this signature of psychosis risk and thus allow earlier intervention.
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