Psychosis in primary care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The care of people with psychosis who have been discharged from secondary to primary care.
IRAS ID
169659
Contact name
Sarah Sullivan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Bristol
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
When people with psychosis recover they are discharged from secondary to primary care for ongoing management. At present there is no evidence on the best way to care for these people. The aim of this study is to collect service users’ and practitioners’ views on how psychosis should be managed in primary care, and information from medical records in order to develop a care plan for future use in primary care.
We will initially conduct an audit to find out how many people with a diagnosis of psychosis in Bristol have been discharged from secondary care teams (Bristol North, South and Central Recovery and Bristol Early Intervention for Psychosis) to primary care over the previous 12 months.
We will then approach people with psychosis who are about to be discharged from secondary to primary care and ask if they would like to participate in our study. If they agree we will contact them 4-6 months after discharge and seek their opinions of their primary care treatment via an interview.
We will also seek the opinions of carers, secondary and primary care clinicians on an appropriate care model; and collect data from primary care medical records on the nature and frequency of GP consultations made by people with psychosis.
The study will continue for 12 months. We will use the information collected in this study to develop a care model and apply for future grant funding to test this model.
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SW/0114
Date of REC Opinion
8 May 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion