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The Early Warning Signs App is aimed at individuals who have experienced some form of psychosis.
This is a medical term for a group of mental health problems which have certain experiences in common. Some of
these experiences include hearing voices, having jumbled thoughts and having frightening or
unusual ideas, sometimes called 'delusions. Examples of mental health problems which are
included in this group are: Schizophrenia, Schizo-affective disorder, Manic Depression and
Paranoid Psychosis.
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A quarter of people who experience psychosis will have just one episode. However, others are
likely to have further episodes. When psychotic symptoms return or get worse requiring extra
medication or admission to hospital, this is called a 'relapse’.
Most people who have been through a psychotic episode will be fearful of relapse and the return of
psychotic experiences. Although some people will try and cope with the fear by trying to forget
their experience of psychosis in the hope that it will not recur, most people will be keen to prevent
it from returning. This App is designed to help you to develop skills which will help to reduce or
prevent the possibility of having another relapse.