Stephen McWilliams
BlackRock
26 Papers
159 Citations
Stephen McWilliams is an academic researcher from BlackRock. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Schizophrenia. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 23 publications. Previous affiliations of Stephen McWilliams include University College Dublin.
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Papers
Pharmacological guidelines for schizophrenia: a systematic review and comparison of recommendations for the first episode.
Dolores Keating,Stephen McWilliams,Ian Schneider,Caroline Hynes,Gráinne Cousins,Judith Strawbridge,Mary Clarke +6 more
TL;DR: The quality of these guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument is assessed and recommendations in relation to the key health questions that are relevant to the pharmacological treatment of first-episode schizophrenia are compared.
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First episode psychosis and the trail to secondary care: help-seeking and health-system delays
Eadbhard O'Callaghan,Niall Turner,Laoise Renwick,Deirdre Jackson,Marie Sutton,Sharon Foley,Stephen McWilliams,Caragh Behan,Alastair Fetherstone,Anthony Kinsella +9 more
TL;DR: Being female, having better premorbid adjustment and fewer negative symptoms were associated with shorter help-seeking delays from the onset of illness, and those with a non-affective psychosis had significantly longer system delays.
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Caregiver psychoeducation for first-episode psychosis
Stephen McWilliams,Patrick Egan,Deirdre Jackson,Laoise Renwick,Sharon Foley,Caragh Behan,Emma Fitzgerald,Alastair Fetherston,Niall Turner,Anthony Kinsella,Eadbhard O'Callaghan,Eadbhard O'Callaghan +11 more
TL;DR: This study confirms that caregiver psychoeducation specifically for first-episode psychosis directly improves knowledge of the illness overall and, in particular, knowledge of medication.
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Suicidality prior to presentation in first‐episode psychosis
Sharon Foley,Deirdre Jackson,Stephen McWilliams,Laoise Renwick,Marie Sutton,Niall Turner,Anthony Kinsella,Eadbhard O'Callaghan +7 more
TL;DR: While the literature concentrates on completed suicide in chronic psychosis, less is understood about attempted suicide in first‐episode psychosis (FEP).
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Caregiver psychoeducation for schizophrenia: is gender important?
Stephen McWilliams,S. Hill,N. Mannion,Anthony Kinsella,Eadbhard O'Callaghan,Eadbhard O'Callaghan +5 more
TL;DR: There are gender differences in the amount and type of knowledge gained during a six-week caregiver psychoeducation programme, with female caregivers showing greater knowledge acquisition than their male counterparts in most areas.
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