Tablet-Based Screening Doubles Rates Of Psychosis Symptom Detection Among Youth

A recent study of 303 youth and young adults (12-30 years of age) evaluated the efficacy of using a 21-question survey on a tablet—administered before mental health appointments—to better identify psychosis symptoms. The goal was to determine whether population-based electronic screening in addition to standard targeted education by health care professionals increases early detection of psychosis and decreases the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), compared with education by health care professionals alone.

Results showed that mental health professionals were able to identify psychosis at twice the rate compared to a health care professional's judgement . . .