Virginia's Coordinated Specialty Care for first episode psychosis

Verified facts

Program

Coordinated Specialty Care across Virginia's community services boards

Organization

Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

Location

Statewide, Virginia

Official website

https://dbhds.virginia.gov/behavioral-health/mental-health-services/crc

Reported by the program

The program describes the following on its official information, reviewed on July 29, 2026.

What it is

Coordinated specialty care is Virginia's approach to treating early psychosis, focused on getting young people into care quickly and on shared decision-making among specialists, patients, and families. The state defines a first episode as the period of up to five years after psychotic symptoms begin.

How it's delivered

The state's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services reports that coordinated specialty care is provided by eleven community services boards across Virginia, each running a locally named program. Examples include TRAILS in Alexandria, the Young Adult Coordinated Care program serving several central Virginia counties, and GetOnTrack in Prince William County.

Who it serves

Programs generally serve young people in their teens and twenties, such as the Life Management Program's range of ages 16 to 25, using integrated medical, psychological, and rehabilitative treatment.

shrinkiatry context

Virginia reaches first-episode psychosis the way Georgia does, through a state-overseen network of local teams rather than one central clinic. The state department sets the model and eleven community services boards run the programs that see patients, each under its own name in its own region. For a Virginia family, that means the entry point is the local board's program, and the shared standard behind them all is coordinated specialty care. For the Atlas, it's the Virginia first-episode entry.

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