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title: "Psych News Alert: Loss of Insurance Common in Early Psychosis"
description: Loss of insurance is a frequent occurrence for individuals experiencing early psychosis, according to a report in the August issue of  Psych...
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 8/5/11 12:00 AM

# Loss of Insurance Common in Early Psychosis

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Loss of insurance is a frequent occurrence for individuals experiencing early psychosis, according to a report in the August issue of *Psychiatric Services*. Among 31 patients enrolled in a special community program for early psychosis who had public or private insurance at baseline, just 14 maintained continuous coverage for a full year.

This finding is troubling because recent research indicates that reducing the duration of untreated acute psychosis is critical to long-term outcome, so loss of insurance—which can mean delay or discontinuation of treatment — can be devastating.

Read a full report of the study at h [ttp://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/62/8/878](http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/62/8/878) , and further coverage of the study will appear in an upcoming issue of *Psychiatric News*.

For information about rapid treatment of early psychosis see *Psychiatric News*, [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/43/13/13.1.full](http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/43/13/13.1.full) . And for comprehensive clinical information about treatment of schizophrenia see *Essentials of Schizophrenia*, published this year by American Psychiatric Press. Purchasing information is available at [www.appi.org/](http://www.appi.org/) .  

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