EI services should monitor the pathways to care for young people of diverse ethnic backgrounds to address any disparities in accessing care.

Substance use and abuse decreased significantly after 12 months of EI services; EI services may be able to detect and to reduce substance use among FEP patients before it becomes a more serious disorder.

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Similarly enriched EI services may produce different outcomes, even within a relatively homogeneous mental health system.

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After 1 year of treatment, FEP patients show high rates of symptomatic remission and relatively lower rates of functional recovery. Symptoms and substance abuse contribute to variance in outcome.

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