First Episode Psychosis

NAMI Psychosis page provides an overview of psychosis, the importance of getting help for early psychosis, recommended treatment, and supports.

NAMI - Early Psychosis: What’s Going On and What Can You Do? this fact sheet for teens and young adults is on early psychosis. These warning signs may signal early psychosis: hearing, seeing, tasting or believing things that others don’t; suspiciousness or extreme uneasiness with others; persistent, unusual thoughts or beliefs; strong and inappropriate emotions or no emotions at all; withdrawing from family or friends; a sudden decline in self-care; trouble thinking clearly or concentrating. 

SAMHSA - Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment Locator is a confidential and anonymous source of information for people who are looking for treatment facilities anywhere in the U.S. for a recent onset of serious mental illnesses such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other conditions. Individuals who experience a first onset of serious mental illness - which can include a first episode of psychosis - may experience symptoms that include problems in perception (such as seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting or feeling something that is not real), thinking (such as believing in something that is not real even when presented with facts), mood, and social functioning.