Investor Presentaiton
Clinical Symptoms and Level of Social Functioning Following One Year of Coordinated Specialty Care Services:
Summary and Conclusions
Outcomes-Driven Quality Control and Continuous Performance Improvement: Clinical symptom and social functioning
outcomes data (de-identified and with signed informed consent) were presented (above) to show the clinical course and
treatment response for one client who was diagnosed with early-stage schizophrenia and who received one (1) year of
coordinated specialty care (CSC) services provided by the Nevada NAVIGATE Early Treatment Program for First Episode of
Psychosis. Year 1 is considered to be the midpoint for the optimal length of two (2) years of CSC services established for this
evidence-based protocol. Assessments of clinical symptoms and level of social and occupational functioning were conducted
monthly for this client throughout his participation in coordinated specialty care services.
Following twelve (12) months of CSC services, this client showed improvements in the positive symptoms of psychosis
(suspiciousness and hallucinations), and in the cognitive disturbances (unusual thought content and conceptual disorganization)
and negative symptoms (avolition and asociality) associated with psychosis. Mood and anxiety symptoms also improved. Finally,
this client's level of social and occupational functioning at Month 12 showed gains over the level of functioning observed at the
time of his enrollment in the NAVIGATE Program (Baseline). The initial conclusion concerning the impact of the NAVIGATE Early
Treatment Program of CSC for this client with early-stage schizophrenia is one of conservative optimism. Coordinated specialty
care services for FEP appear to have been an effective intervention for advancing the recovery process for this client who had
experienced a recent first episode of psychosis of the schizophrenia spectrum type.View entire presentation