Outreach and Support in South London for Bipolar At-Risk States: pilot implementation of a specialist preventive service for adolescents and young adults at risk of developing bipolar disorders
Antonio Melillo, Andrea De Micheli, Sunil Nandha, Romayne Gadelrab, Sameer Jauhar, Allan Young, Matilda Azis, Mirko Manchia, Andrea Pfennig, Armida Mucci, Silvana Galderisi, Paolo Fusar-Poli · 2026
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Antonio Melillo and colleagues describe a 2026 pilot of a new service in South London for young people at risk of bipolar disorder. Bipolar illness brings high disability and early death, yet diagnosis often lags by years. Signs of risk can show in the teen years, but no dedicated service had been tested before.
The service, called OASIS-BAR, ran for eighteen months in Lambeth with health service funding. It was designed with people who have lived experience of the illness. Out of twenty-eight referrals, seventeen young people were assessed, and ten met the risk criteria. The mean wait from referral to full assessment was about twenty-two days. Feedback from users and staff was used to judge whether the service was welcome. The pilot shows such early-help services can be set up inside public care.
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| CREATOR | Antonio Melillo, Andrea De Micheli, Sunil Nandha, Romayne Gadelrab, Sameer Jauhar, Allan Young, Matilda Azis, Mirko Manchia, Andrea Pfennig, Armida Mucci, Silvana Galderisi, Paolo Fusar-Poli |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |