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Young people with mental problems - especially those with psychotic-like symptoms - should receive help as early as possible and in their own environment. This was the conclusion of a joint study of the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and the National Institute for Health and Welfare.
The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of treatment provided to young people seeking help for psychiatric symptoms by comparing the conventional youth psychiatric treatment offered by the Helsinki University Hospital to early intervention at home and at school involving the treated person's family and a network of close people. The latter model was tested in the JERI (Jorvi Early Psychosis Recognition and Intervention) project, which emphasised the importance of initiating treatment without delay and reducing the concrete, pressing stress factors in the young person's life.