Early Intervention Programme for Young Adults in Northern Italy: A 10-Year Analysis of Socio-Demographic and Clinical Characteristics. in Early intervention in psychiatry / Early Interv Psychiatry. 2025 Jan;19(1):e13632. doi: 10.1111/eip.13632. Epub 2024 Dec 2.
2025
ASL Cuneo 1
Tipo pubblicazione
Observational Study
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Pellegrino R
Department of Mental Health, ASL CN1, Cuneo, Italy.
Bonetto C
Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Isaia P
Department of Mental Health, ASL CN1, Cuneo, Italy.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Early intervention represents an opportunity to contain psychological distress and intervene promptly on conditions that, otherwise, could assume a chronic course. Based on these observations, an early intervention programme for people 18-25?years old, the 'Progetto Giovani' (Youth Project), was implemented in two adult mental health services (AMHSs) in the northwest of Italy. METHODS: This study aims to describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients included in the Youth Project from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022. A retrospective observational design was used. RESULTS: In 10?years, 323 patients were taken into care. More than half (56.3%) were females; the mean age was 20.7?years (SD 2.3). The most frequent diagnosis was anxiety disorder (38%). Seventy per cent of subjects benefitted from psychological treatment, and 60.8% had a pharmacological prescription. In 87.8% of cases, the care pathway was ??24?months, and more than two-thirds of the subjects did not go to another AMHS after discharge. More than 90% of subjects did not require hospitalisation in the psychiatric diagnostic and treatment service. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that early intervention programmes may be a valuable tool for AMHSs to improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden on the healthcare system.
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PMID : 39623889
DOI : 10.1111/eip.13632
Keywords
Humans; Female; Italy; Male; Young Adult; Adolescent; Mental Disorders/therapy/diagnosis/epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Adult; Early Medical Intervention; Mental Health Services/statistics & numerical data; Socioeconomic Factors; anxiety disorder; early intervention; mental disorders; psychological treatment; young adults;