Clear Answers for Louisiana Mental Health (CALM)

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Clear Answers to Louisiana Mental Health (CALM) is a psychosis early detection and community awareness campaign. CALM was established in 2016 by grassroots fundraising by the leadership at the Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC-NOLA). International and national evidence shows that in addition to the clinical treatment of first-episode psychosis patients, early detection (ED) is critical to shorten the duration of untreated psychosis and to facilitating recovery. Early detection not only involves outreach to a wide variety of community stakeholders and reducing barriers to care at specialized clinics, but also involves public education on what psychosis is and the importance of early intervention. CALM serves this purpose. Over the years, CALM has gained support from local foundations as well as Louisiana Department of Health. Through our outreach efforts, our numbers of referrals from non-acute settings has increased and those individuals have been found to have shorter duration of untreated psychosis.

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