This webinar presents an advanced discussion of early psychosis symptoms across the spectrum from risk symptoms to threshold psychotic disorders. Strategies for recognizing, comprehensively screening for, and responding to, psychosis spectrum symptoms will be presented. An overview of the history of, and recent developments in, early psychosis clinical care will be presented. Attendees will learn ways to connect to local specialized evidence-based treatment resources for individuals experiencing early psychosis. Additional considerations and involvement of families, groups, organizations and communities will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe and implement strategies to assess information needed to differentiate threshold and subthreshold psychosis spectrum symptoms and disorders
2. Identify at least 2 benefits of Coordinated Specialty care for individuals with psychosis as suggested by research in this area
3. Understand how to connect to local specialized evidenced-based treatment resources for individuals experiencing early psychosis 

Presenter: Monica E. Calkins, PhD

Bio: Monica E. Calkins, PhD, is the HeadsUp Co-Director who oversees outreach, education, training, and Coordinated Specialty Care program evaluation and fidelity. Dr. Calkins grew up in Philadelphia, attending Philadelphia public schools and earning a bachelor's degree from Temple University. She earned a doctorate in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research from the University of Minnesota and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania before joining its faculty, currently Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry. Dr. Calkins' research and clinical work focuses on early identification and intervention in psychotic disorders, and she has authored more than 200 scholarly publications in this area. Her work and mission is to improve the lives and experiences of young people with psychosis and their families.