First Episode Psychosis
Conditions
Brief summary
The study examines the possible effect of a community campaign to decrease the duration of untreated psychosis in persons with their first episode of a psychotic disorder.
Detailed description
The study examines whether a community campaign can reduce over time the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) among persons with first episode psychosis (FEP). The DUP of mental health patients with FEP who sought services at a public outpatient or an inpatient facility was assessed for a 15 month period prior to the campaign launch. This serves as the baseline or historical control. The DUP will continue to be assessed for another 3 years. The hypothesis being tested is that there will be a significant decrease in DUP between baseline, one-year, two-year and three-year follow-ups. This study is being carried out with Latinos in Los Angeles County because as a group, particularly among Spanish-speaking immigrants, Latinos are at high risk for prolonged DUP.
Interventions
OTHERCommunity Campaign La CLAVE
A community campaign to teach community residents and professional networks the signs and symptoms of psychosis using social media, community talks, and advertising.
Sponsors
University of California, Los Angeles
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
University of Southern California
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-4 criteria for a psychotic disorder * of Latino origin
Exclusion criteria
* has a neurological disorder or suffers from brain trauma
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Latency to Treatment (LTT) a novel interview based assessment tool to measure the Duration of Untreated Psychosis | At the time of recruitment into the study | The time from the onset of psychosis to the time the subject receives appropriate mental health treatment. The metric is number of weeks that the person went without treatment from illness onset. The number of weeks is the variable of interest that will be aggregated. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychosis literacy, a questionnaire based inquiry for which the respondents answer either open-ended questions (e.g., What is serious mental Illness?) or Yes-no questions (e.g., Can you recognize a serious mental illness in others?) | At the time of recruitment in to study | The responses to the interview are either written down or audio-recorded. Raters then listen or read the responses and code them. The responses are aggregated as frequencies (e.g., the number of symptoms identified) or as percentages (e.g., the proportion of respondents who reported that they can recognize a serious mental illness in others). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed