Tulane University receives grant for early psychosis studies

Tulane University Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to continue its work on early intervention following an episode of psychosis in a young patient, which can change the outcome. 

“With treatment beginning early and comprehensive intervention for the first two to five years, we can have a positive impact on the long-term clinical outcome for serious mental illnesses,” Ashley Weiss, assistant professor of psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine, said in a press release from the university.

The university's Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic in New Orleans will take part in a six-week network to study telemental health in early psychosis care. 

“Early psychosis intervention is relatively new in the United States as compared to the rest of the world and being able to measure what we’re doing and what kind of impact we’re having is really important,” Serena Chaudhry, assistant professor of psychiatry at Tulane, said in the press release. 

Weiss said the project will help them better understand psychosis programs and help patients have a full-recovery and get back to their lives.