None listed
Conditions
Interventions
This study aims to evaluate via a randomized controlled trial a combined individual and family-based psychosocial intervention aimed at relapse prevention following remission from first-episode psychosis in young people aged 15-25 years compared with treatment as usual in a first episode psychosis service.
Sponsors
Eli Lily
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
(1) Eligible for EPPIC services (DSM-IV diagnosis of a psychotic disorder or mood disorder with psychotic features, no more than 6 months of prior treatment with an antipsychotic prior to registration with EPPIC) and Barwon Heath First Episode Psychosis Service (see EPPIC criteria above), with a maximum of 12 months of treatment received within the service; (2) Able to converse in English without an interpreter; and (3) Have reached complete, or near-complete remission of positive psychotic sypmtoms for a 1-month period, determined by scores on the expanded BPRS (Overall & Gorham, 1962) of 3 or less on the items hallucinations, conceptual disorganization, suspiciousness and unusual thought content.
Exclusion criteria
(1) Unable to converse in, or read English without an interpreter; (2)Severe intellectual disability; (3)Persistent positive psychotic symptoms; and (4) Psychotic disorder due to a medical condition.
Outcome results
None listed