Congratulations to Dr. Valerie Taylor on her NIH grant

Congratulations to Dr. Valerie Taylor (Co-Investigator) on her National Institute of Health grant “Early Psychosis in India and Canada: Investigating outcomes and family factors.” This study involves research collaboration between a developed country, Canada and a developing country, India for the purpose of understanding whether and why schizophrenia has different outcomes in different cultural settings. This project will increase our knowledge of the role of families in facilitating treatment, and thus help the development of early intervention and family services. The findings will also shed light on how young persons with schizophrenia view and understand recovery; how families view their role in the treatment of schizophrenia; and whether, as hypothesized, physical (as opposed to clinical and functional) health outcomes will be worse in India than in Canada. This NIH grant provides $2.4 million for the period April 2012 to April 2016.