First-Episode Psychosis (FEP) is an episode of mental illness where symptoms qualify for a psychosis and there has not been a psychotic episode before the index episode. NAVIGATE is a comprehensive program designed to provide early and effective treatment to individuals who have experienced a first episode of psychosis.
The concept of FEP is important as the nature of the presentation of psychosis and the associated biopsychosocial correlates has lot of bearings on the overall outcome and course of the illness. FEP may have varied and transient presentation of symptoms at the outset which may become clearer and stable as the illness further evolves over time or during the subsequent occurrence of the episode.