Understanding the experience of psychosis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding the lived experience and phenomenology of psychosis: a qualitative investigation
IRAS ID
210323
Contact name
Vaughan Bell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London (UCL)
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2016/10/19, UCL data registration number
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Psychosis is a mental health problem that involves delusions, hallucinations and cognitive disorganisation that is a central part of disorders diagnosed as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other psychiatric diagnoses. It has been studied widely, largely on the basis of classifying patients based on the presence of psychosis or symptoms of psychosis. However, these classifications have been with us for decades and a more detailed understanding of the subjective experience of psychosis is essential to both understanding the lived experience of these mental health problems and refining and extending definitions for experimental investigations. This study will involve inviting patients with psychosis who are being treated by inpatient and community mental health services to complete symptom questionnaires and then open-ended interviews to discuss their lived experience of psychosis. The interviews will be transcribed and the transcripts analysed with standard methods of qualitative analysis for drawing themes out of the data.
REC name
London - Dulwich Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/0171
Date of REC Opinion
6 Mar 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion