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Research type
Research Study
Full title
E-Detection Tool for Emerging Mental Disorders
IRAS ID
298213
Contact name
Paolo Fusar-Poli
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Kings College London
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Psychosis is a severe mental disorder that involves abnormal experiences and altered behaviour. Although the onset of psychosis occurs in young people, most cases will only be identified later in the course of illness. The delayed detection is the main cause of significant negative long-term outcomes.
The current proposal will develop an innovative E-mental health detection tool to effectively improve the identification of young people with emerging psychosis. This tool will be implemented on digital platforms including websites, tablets and mobile phones. Young people will be asked to complete an online questionnaire and two short online-exercises and will then be invited for face-to-face assessments to further confirm whether they are experiencing an emerging psychosis. This digital approach leverages previous expertise by our research team and it is expected to provide novel avenues to enable the identification of young people with emerging psychosis.REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/EM/0283
Date of REC Opinion
14 Jan 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion