Nov. 26, Neely Myers, professor of anthropology at SMU Dallas and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern, for a commentary about the need for families and community stakeholders to identify psychotic youth and help them find treatment before they cause harm to themselves or others. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading Young psychosis patients need early intervention: https://tinyurl.com/39a99zkf
Michael remembers the episode very clearly. So does his sister.
“I would think my family was trying to kill me … I was thinking I was Jesus,” Michael said. “It made Mom really depressed,” his sister Liza added, “because she did not know how to help him.”
This is unfortunately not so rare. Every day in the U.S., up to 900 people under the age of 25 experience the onset of first episode psychosis, which can lead to schizophrenia and long-term disability without effective early interventions. On average, a young person will wait 3.7 years after their symptoms start before they get treatment.
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