HDC Joins National Research Effort to Improve Treatment for Schizophrenia

The Human Development Center (HDC) has been selected to participate in a research study known as the RAISE Early Treatment Program (ETP). The Human Development Center is one of 35 locations across the United States that will be carrying out ETP, a study looking at the best ways to help people in the earliest stages of schizophrenia reduce their likelihood of experiencing long-term disability.

ETP is recruiting people between the ages of 16 and 40 who are experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia and related disorders.

Symptoms include:

• having trouble concentrating or thinking clearly
• confusion about what is real or imaginary
• hearing voices or seeing things that are not there
• problems with social activities, at work or at school
• preoccupation with religion or superstition
• feelings suspicious or paranoid
• disorganized speech, racing thoughts, or slowed-down thoughts

To Learn More About EPT and RAISE visit: www.nimh.nih.gov/RAISE and raiseearlytreatmentprogram.org

For more information about the HDC study or to see if you or a patient of yours might qualify to be a part of the study, contact: Saprina Matheny, MSW, LICSW, RAISE Project Director, at (218) 730-2359

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