CUE provides a team of mental health professionals to help young adults and their families cope with unique experiences related to risk for psychosis. We offer the following services:
Clinical and diagnostic evaluation
Psychiatric consultation
Psychoeducation (individual or family)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the prevention of psychosis (CBT-p)
Opportunities to participate in research studies and contribute to a better understanding of these experiences and how best to treat them
Patients in our program may receive individual, group, or family therapy, or some combination of modalities, based on their treatment goals and needs.
What is Psychoeducation?
BEGIN utilizes a structured presentation to facilitate learning and enhance therapy.
We offer a 5-session psychoeducational therapy program called BEGIN: Brief Educational Guide for Individuals in Need. BEGIN provides education about psychosis-risk and teaches young people how to self-assess and monitor their symptoms. BEGIN also assists young people in identifying personal and treatment goals, and helps them learn more about mental health treatment and make decisions about treatment.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis?
We use group and family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (GF-CBT), an evidence-based treatment that aims to facilitate psychosocial recovery, decrease symptoms, and prevent psychosis in youth at risk. We offer GF-CBT to help young people and their families to develop a better understanding of their psychotic-like experiences and sharpen their reasoning skills to prevent the formation of stressful paranoid thoughts.