Psychosis and Diabetes Study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Psychosis and Diabetes Study (PODS): Integrating Diabetes Care Into Community Mental Health Teams

• IRAS ID

  193362

• Contact name

  Khalida Ismail

• Contact email

  khalida.2.ismail@kcl.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Kings College London

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The Psychosis and Diabetes Study aims to integrate specialist diabetes care into routine community based mental health care. Many people with psychotic illnesses also have or acquire diabetes due to a variety of factors including genetics, increased smoking rates, side effects of medication and sedentary life style. Unfortunately there is a disparity in access/utilization of physical health care resources by those with psychotic illnesses. This study aims to address this by directly integrating specialist health care into community based mental health teams to improve outcomes for those with both diabetes and psychosis.

• REC name

  London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/0873

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 Sep 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion