Systematic reference list
Psychosocial treatment of non-affective psychosis
Mapping review
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What is the effect of psychosocial interventions such as network, supported housing, and continuity of care for persons with non-affective psychoses (including schizophrenia)? What is the effect of medication and psychosocial treatment for persons with drug-induced psychosis?
Key message
What is the effect of psychosocial interventions such as network, supported housing, and continuity of care for persons with non-affective psychoses (including schizophrenia)? What is the effect of medication and psychosocial treatment for persons with drug-induced psychosis?
The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services was commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Health to perform a systematic search for studies on psychosocial and medical interventions for persons with non-affective psychoses. We performed systematic searches in the Cochrane Library, OVID MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and EMBASE. The search identified 1371 articles. Two persons read and assessed title and abstracts independently. We included 37 studies that were considered relevant after using predefined inclusion criteria, and sorted these references according to type of population and intervention. Abstracts of included reviews are presented in the appendix. We did not assess the methodological quality of the studies, nor did we summarize or grade the knowledge from included studies. We highly recommend using checklist to assess the quality of the studies.
Our mapping of research publications showed the existing summarized research on psychosocial interventions such as network, supported housing, and continuity of care for persons with non-affective psychoses (including schizophrenia). We searched both for medication and psychosocial treatment for drug-induced psychoses.
The reviews we refer to are not necessarily systematic or of high quality. These potential weaknesses show the need for thorough assessment. We strongly recommend a critical appraisal, before utilization of this knowledge into practice.