Evaluation of the Combined Treatment Approach “Robin” (Standardized Manual and Smartphone App) for Adolescents at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Traber-Walker, Nina; Gerstenberg, Miriam; Metzler, Sibylle; Joris, Maria Raquel; Karr, Markus; Studer, Nadja; Zulauf Logoz, Marina; Roth, Alexander; Rössler, Wulf; Walitza, Susanne; Franscini, Maurizia

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00384

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Traber-Walker, N., Gerstenberg, M., Metzler, S., Joris, M. R., Karr, M., Studer, N., Zulauf Logoz, M., Roth, A., Rössler, W., Walitza, S., & Franscini, M. (2019). Evaluation of the Combined Treatment Approach “Robin” (Standardized Manual and Smartphone App) for Adolescents at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 384. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00384

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Introduction: The prevention of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders has led researchers to focus on early identification of individuals at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis and to treat the at-risk symptoms in the pre-psychotic period. Although at-risk symptoms such as attenuated hallucinations or delusions are common in adolescents and associated with a marked reduction in global functioning, the evidence base of effective interventions for adolescents at CHR state and even ﬁrst-episode psychosis is limited. Thus, the pr