The Staged Treatment in Early Psychosis Study

Support and Problem Solving Therapy involves providing participants with emotional support and helping them to resolve their problems in day-to-day life.

CBCM has a number of different elements including: strategies to help with stress management; therapy that targets thinking and behavioural patterns; practical assistance, as well as yoga and mindfulness.

Participants will commence on 1 capsule of fluoxetine 20 mg, to be taken in the morning. The medication can be increased to fluoxetine 40 mg daily if there has been a poor clinical response after the first 6 weeks of treatment.

Participants will commence on 1 capsule of the placebo pill, to be taken in the morning. The medication can be increased to 2 placebo capsules if there has been a poor clinical response after the first 6 weeks of treatment.

Study participants will be contacted on a 3-monthly basis by a study clinician who will be assessing the participant's risk.