Detroit Free Press medical writer Pat Anstett features a Wayne State University School of Medicine program that takes a different approach to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. The program was started by Dr. Matcheri Keshavan, who joined WSU last year as professor and associate chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Keshavan says early intervention can spare people from devastating recurrences. \"The longer they go untreated, the harder it is to get them back into the community,\" said Keshavan. The program offers group and one-on-one counseling; strategies for motivation and goal-setting, and help with drugs. A companion program is studying children of people with schizophrenia, to look for early warning signs in a group at higher risk of the disorder. The work is funded with grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Flynn Foundation and, recently, a $1-million, three-year grant from the state of Michigan. A sidebar is included providing contact and resource information for Wayne State\'s Psychiatric Centers.