First Episode Psychosis: Improving Patient Outcomes Through Early Intervention

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Hannah Brown, MD Unfortunately, when it comes to the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia, there is nothing to definitively give clinicians a diagnosis, so it’s important to have a clinical evaluation and rule out everything else. But once a first episode psychosis diagnosis has been made, what treatment options are available? Dive into this episode with Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker who is joined by Dr. Hannah Brown, Director of the Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis Program at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.