Support for Wellness Achievement Programme (SWAP): clinical and demographic characteristics of young people with at-risk mental state in Singapore

摘要

AimIndividuals with at-risk mental state (ARMS) experience subtle changes in thinking, behaviour and emotion before their first psychotic episode. Research has shown intervention provided during this period could delay, reduce, or even prevent the conversion to psychosis. In March 2008, the Support for Wellness Achievement Programme (SWAP) was launched for the assessment and treatment of patients with ARMS in Singapore. This paper examines the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients at baseline.