Kelly Allott

TL;DR: The staging model explicitly considers the evolution of psychopathology during the development of a mental illness and emphasizes that progression of illness is by no means inevitable, but can be altered by providing appropriate interventions that target individual modifiable risk and protective factors.

TL;DR: Tentatively, cognition may be prognostic in EP, especially for longer-term outcomes; further research that addresses the methodological issues identified, including examination of social cognition and other non-cognitive predictors, is needed.

TL;DR: There is some preliminary evidence that ACE promotes better early recovery in functioning and this finding needs to be replicated in other independent research centres with larger samples.

TL;DR: Clinicians should be informed of the nutrient supplements with established efficacy for certain conditions (such as eicosapentaenoic acid in depression), but also made aware of those currently lacking evidentiary support, to further elucidate the underlying mechanisms.

TL;DR: Social cognition is generally impaired in FEP patients but there are fewer deficits in a UHR group, and longitudinal research is needed to investigate whether social cognition deficits, such as ToM, are risk factors in UHR groups for subsequent transition to full-threshold psychosis.