None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Participants will be approximately 36 young people, aged 15-24, who are being discharged from EPPIC. EPPIC is a government funded public mental health service serving North West Metropolitan Melbourne. All participants will be recruited through the service.
Interventions
An individual peer support program delivered to young people from 3 months prior to, until 3 months post discharge from a specialist first episode psychosis center. People will receive 2 hours of contact per fortnight from the peer support worker which will include an in-reach and out-reach service and will include supportive informal contact, assistance making health related appointments, assistance with public transport to appointments and support in accessing new services. Participants will
An individual peer support program delivered to young people from 3 months prior to, until 3 months post discharge from a specialist first episode psychosis center. People will receive 2 hours of contact per fortnight from the peer support worker which will include an in-reach and out-reach service and will include supportive informal contact, assistance making health related appointments, assistance with public transport to appointments and support in accessing new services. Participants will receive the peer support intervention plus standard care.
Sponsors
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Aged 15-24 and being discharged from a specialist first-episode psychosis center; the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Center (EPPIC) having been treated for first-episode psychosis
Exclusion criteria
A recent history of violence against the person An inability to provide informed consent Inability to speak English
Outcome results
None listed