Engagement with early intervention in psychosis services
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Autonomy, psychological reactance, and engagement with early intervention services for individuals experiencing first episode psychosis
IRAS ID
335911
Contact name
William Sellwood
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Lancaster University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 27 days
Research summary
Psychosis is a mental health difficulty which affects well-being, distress and risk of suicide. Key symptoms include hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that others do not) and delusions (fixed unusual beliefs). Getting support for psychosis early on can improve the likelihood of recovery, improving mental and physical health outcomes. Early intervention services were developed to support people as soon as possible after symptoms had started. For people to get the most out these services, good engagement is needed; however, for some, engagement is only partial and potentially non-existent. The reasons why people may not engage or disengage with early intervention services is not fully understood. However, there is research that suggests that when people’s autonomy and freedom of choice is threatened, they are likely to act in ways that help restore their sense of autonomy. This is called psychological reactance. The aim of this study is to see whether sense of autonomy in treatment and reactance are associated with engagement with early intervention services. Surveys will be used to ask people who currently use early intervention services or who have done recently, about autonomy, reactance and engagement and then will be analysed to look at the relationships between these different factors.
REC name
London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/PR/0680
Date of REC Opinion
8 Jul 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion