Community Outreach and Education

This guide provides faith communities with information on early serious mental illness and action steps for faith leaders to support young people experiencing psychosis.

This information brief presents outreach strategies identified through multiple interviews with state and agency personnel, along with suggestions for outreach to community stakeholders in order to engage them in early identification and referral.

This brief outlines the stigma of people with FEP and how this stigma can be diminished.

This webinar provides an overview of coordinated specialty care (CSC) – a recovery-oriented, team approach to treating early psychosis – and focus on how to have a statewide approach and then discusses the elements of a successful early detection of psychosis campaign.

This manual provides examples of practical tools and materials that can be used for outreach and referral activities for Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs. The manual also includes case narratives that highlight the experiences of the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode Implementation and Evaluation Study (RAISE-IES).

This guide walks through the steps and decisions involved in establishing a new early psychosis program and describes core elements of Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC), which is considered the current standard of practice for early psychosis intervention.

This manual provides program staff with background material, methods and case examples to implement community outreach and education, as developed by the Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program.

This toolkit is designed to guide mental health and criminal legal system practitioners in developing partnerships to reduce treatment delays for people with early psychosis through improved early detection in jails.

This issue brief aims to educate criminal justice professionals about First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and the importance of early intervention, inform criminal justice professionals about the availability of Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) models in the community, and highlight key opportunities for detection, diversion, and intervention in the criminal justice system.

This webinar provides an overview of the prevalence of justice system involvement among CSC program participants, describes ways in which CSC programs can better support these participants, and describes strategies for outreach and partnering effectively with the criminal justice system.

This Back to School Toolkit is designed to help support the integration and inclusion students with early psychosis in higher education.

This Back to School Toolkit is designed to help support the integration and inclusion students with early psychosis in higher education.

This tip sheet presents information and resources to help families recognize early signs and symptoms of psychosis and work together with schools and community mental health professionals to help your child thrive and succeed
despite the challenges of psychosis.

This webinar provides information and tangible suggestions on how to effectively work with schools, families, and students on behalf of high school students with psychosis.

In this virtual 3-part learning series, each session focuses on key aspects of early psychosis support for those working in school mental health in a variety of roles and settings. The series focuses on how to recognize students with early psychosis symptoms, link them to appropriate services, create appropriate accommodations to support student academic success and mental wellbeing, and methods for addressing stigma.

This guide presents information to help educators recognize signs and symptoms of psychosis in students, and suggests ways in which schools can help those students keep their lives on course and succeed in school.

This webinar describes strategies to: identify and support students with psychosis in schools, provide educational accommodations and modifications to facilitate school success, understand and address safety concerns, and partner across students, families, and community mental health providers to support treatment and recovery for students experiencing psychosis.

This tip sheet educates families on what they should expect from the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) team – such as meaningful involvement, shared decision making, understandable information on their loved one’s condition, and clear and accurate guidance about sharing information. The sheet further highlights ways that families can best be involved with the CSC team and in supporting their family member.

This web based course is designed for family members of individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis. It provides information on how family members become aware that their loved one is experiencing symptoms of psychosis, their reactions and strategies for helping, and the services that should be included in an effective program to address the family’s needs.

This fact sheet provides young adults with an overview of a first episode of psychosis, including information on understanding symptoms, receiving a diagnosis, treatment approaches, and resources to learn more and get support.