IRIS supports a network of EIP practitioners and teams across the UK, providing mutual support, representing the views of levitra side effects shivering front-line practitioners, nurturing new ideas and sharing knowledge and good practice.

IRIS has been a driving force for best practice and effective service delivery for over twenty years.  We believe that everyone affected by psychosis has a right to an ordinary life.

IRIS has always collaborated with partners in the NHS, 40mg cialis mental health charities, the royal colleges and with national and international research colleagues. We have played a leading role in the development of the levitra 20mg side effects latest national policy and clinical guidelines and we have supported the introduction of the new waiting times target and the NICE-based clinical standards for EIP. Within the website there are useful links to current policy documents and some practical tools to help service planners and managers.

But as well as upholding our core values and principles we strive to remain progressive.

Whether it be improving the physical health of people with psychosis, improving services for people with at-risk mental states (ARMS) or promoting a better understanding of the relationship between trauma and mental health, IRIS intends to be at the forefront of developments, advocating for high quality, cost-effective models of care that deliver the recovery outcomes that people should be able to expect.

 

 

“EIP does not describe an intervention but rather a philosophy of care and a model of service provided to an individual and their family during the critical first 3–5 years of psychosis”

 

Professor Max Birchwood 2012

 

 

 

IRIS is a network of networks.

In England and Wales IRIS coordinates and supports a network of EIP leads from the regions, who in turn maintain local networks of early intervention teams and practitioners.  Our regional leads are:

South West

Frank Burbach, Simon Hall

South

Helena Laughton, Sarah Amani

London

Jonathan West, Kemi Mateola, Nikola Rahman

East of England

Judi Jeavons

East Midlands

Carol Crotty

West Midlands

Tom Fox, Erin Turner, Chris Jackson, Simon Wilson

Wales

Euan Hails, Mike Jackson

North West

Paul French

Yorkshire & the Humber

Steve Wright, Anita Brewin, Moggie McGowan

North East

Guy Dodgson, Steph Common

Lifetime National Leads

Jo Smith, David Shiers