The Popularity of Benzodiazepines, Their Advantages, and Inadequate Pharmacological Alternatives

High-riskservicesshouldplacemoreemphasis in conducting a prolonged and ongoing careful as-sessment to rule out concealed psychotic symptoms. Diag-nosticskepticismshouldbeconsideredwhentreatingUHRpa-tients included on the basis of brief limited intermittentpsychotic symptoms, which is already clinically closer to thepsychosis threshold. A 2-step approach—excluding patientswhohadreportedmeetingtheUHRcriteriaatfirstbaselineas-sessment but disclosed overthreshold psychotic experiencesconsistentwithtransitionatasecondassessmentconductedinthefirstmonth—couldbeadopted.