Promoter of Early Intervention Programs for Psychosis Reverses Course

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Australian psychiatrist Patrick McGorry, who had championed early intervention in those “at risk” of developing psychosis, has reversed course and, concerned about over-medication and over-diagnosis in young people, argues against the inclusion of “pre-psychosis” in the DSM-V.
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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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