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Should ‘Risk Syndrome Of Psychosis’ Be Included In Dsm V As A Diagnosis? A Road Towards Preventive Psychiatry”, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Psychiatric diagnosis has acquired a position of a quasi-legal document for mental health services and agencies working with mental health. Its utility has gone far beyond ‘clinical diagnosis for treatment’.

The concept of risk syndrome for schizophrenia has been thoroughly researched in last ten years or so. Significant advancement has been made in phenomenology, diagnostic criteria, classification, & neurobiology. The research of prodromal or at-risk or Ultra high-risk psychosis has significantly contributed to the body of knowledge of aetio-pathogenesis of schizophrenia.

The science of risk syndrome has apparently matured and its proponents are ready for its inclusion in DSM V …

Lessons Learned From Prodromal Research: Bringing Early Identification And Intervention In Public Health Psychiatry, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Lessons learned from Prodromal research: Bringing early identification and intervention in Public Health psychiatry Amresh Shrivastava MBBS, MD, DPM, MRCPsych. a Currently: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, The University of western Ontario, & Associate Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Physician team Leader: Early Intervention of Psychosis Program (Elgin-PEPP) Regional mental health care.St. Thomas.Ontario,Canada Executive Director , Mental Health Foundation of India (PRERANA Charitable trust) and Silver Mind Hospital, 209 Shivkripa Complex, Gokhale Road, Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 602, E Mail : amresh.edu@gmail.com Phone: 1-5196413233 Home, 1-5196318510 Office, fax 1-5196312512 word count : Abstract: 240 Text body : 6840 References: …