Discussing functioning with EI and EDIT service users
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Discussing daily functioning with Early Intervention (EI) and Early Detection and Intervention Team (EDIT) service users
IRAS ID
174264
Contact name
Jack Cotter
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
Many people who have experienced a first-episode of psychosis or who are at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis struggle to establish and maintain friendships, employment and structured daily activities. This often starts in early adulthood, an important time in young people’s lives for forming relationships and starting a career. Current treatments are largely ineffective for improving social and occupational functioning, therefore we need to think of new ways to try and help patients in their recovery.
Much of the research to date in this area has involved measuring things like patient’s symptoms and cognition and statistically analysing the association between these and how well patients are functioning in an attempt to better understanding what might be contributing to these difficulties. However, there are no studies to our knowledge that have asked these patients directly about their functioning, specifically; how individuals who function well cope with their illness, why patients who function poorly think they do so, what perceived barriers to functional recovery these individuals face and what they think might help overcome these barriers. These are important questions with scope to identify new targets for research and intervention.
We will talk to 30 Early Detection and Intervention Team (EDIT) and Early Intervention (EI) service users about these issues. We will also ask them about other things like their symptoms and interpersonal skills, to assess how far patients are aware of these issues and how they affect functioning.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0705
Date of REC Opinion
11 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion