**10. Description of prodromal phase**

The conceptualization of the prodrome phase uses two methods: a retrospective/passive method which involves getting information from the patient and his/ her family and a proactive one which includes observation and patient monitoring during psychosis.

Yung and McGorry [16] describe the phenomenology of the prodrome phase, summarizing the data from the literature with those of the Melbourne Personal Assessment and Crisis Evaluation (PACE) approach [20, 21]. The PACE Clinic recruits those patients with a perceived need for psychiatric help.
