Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) is a recovery-oriented treatment program designed for people with first episode psychosis (FEP).
Straightforward admission to the FEP treatment program through ongoing outreach and involvement makes it easier during the transition.
[7] Long-term therapy with antipsychotics, however, is often associated with negative side-effects, low adherence, and high levels of medication discontinuation.
[9] Furthermore, studies have shown that medication alone is not enough, and is most successful in conjunction with psychosocial intervention: including psychoeducation, family interaction, skills training, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
[12] Psychotherapy in a CSC is a cooperative and recovery-oriented process that aims to address various deficits that plague individuals with schizophrenia by focusing on attaining personal goals that lead to a meaningful life.
NAVIGATE's Individual Resiliency Training Manual, for example, includes modules on goal setting, healthy lifestyles, wellness and relapse prevention, processing of the psychotic episode, strengths building, teaching coping skills for negative feelings, psychotic, non-psychotic and PTSD symptoms, as well as suicidal ideation and behavior, substance abuse, reintroduction to pleasant activities, and increasing social connections.
Families that have a loved one experiencing first episode psychosis often display heightened levels of despair, distress, conflict, and anxiety.
[25] Since the inception of CSC's, their numbers have slowly increased and due to their success in addressing the complex issues that are associated with psychosis.
Additional studies have been proposed to improve early psychosis interventions, utilizing the CSC model as the standard.
NAVIGATE attempts to help clients achieve recovery from FEP by supporting overall functioning and engagement in their lives.
OnTrackNY offers skill building focused recovery review sessions, engagement in safety and overall wellness planning, and ensures that clients and their support system have access to services that they need.