The Discovery Team: Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Assessment

The Discovery Team: Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Assessment
The Discovery Team’s Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Assessment program (CHR-P) is a specialized early intervention initiative designed to identify and evaluate individuals – particularly adolescents and young adults (youngest age 12 years old) – who may be at elevated risk of developing psychosis disorders. The program uses validated clinical tools and structured interviews, such as the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS), to assess attenuated symptoms, functional decline, and other relevant risk factors.

The primary goals of the program are early detection and timely referral to appropriate support services. The outcome of the assessment is to determine what services – such as specialized programs (FEP, Long term CHR Program), psychotherapy, psychiatric care, case management, family support, or monitoring – would be most beneficial for the individual based on their clinical presentation and level of risk. The process is trauma-informed developmentally sensitive and integrates input from families and multidisciplinary providers.

The CHR-P program is a part of the Massachusetts Psychosis Prevention Partnership (M3P) which is a group of programs dedicated to improving the mental health wellness of young people who are at clinical high risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) Through early identification, prevention, and intervention.

Referrals
For more information or to place a referral, please contact Pam Chan at 781-761-5171 or outpatient@edinburgcenter.org.