Experiences of Leaving Early Intervention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Barriers and Facilitators of transition from Early Intervention in Psychosis teams: a qualitative investigation
IRAS ID
141349
Contact name
Matthew Loughlin
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 2 months, 30 days
Research summary
People who hear voices or have beliefs that upset them (called psychosis) often receive support from Early Intervention in Psychosis services. These services give lots of support but are only available for about three years. After this time people can either get support from their regular doctor (GP), or community mental health teams (CMHTS). CMHTs offer general support for lots of different types of mental health problems.
In this study, we would like to ask people who have psychosis what they thought and felt about the time when they left early intervention services. This is important because we know that sometimes if people don’t feel supported at times like this, it can make them feel worse, and make it harder for them to do everyday things, like look after themselves. We also want to speak to some of the staff in these services, to find out how they support people at this time.
These people will be asked if they want to meet with one of the researchers. Up to 20 service users and 15 staff will be asked to meet the researcher. If they say yes, the researcher will ask them some questions about what it was like to leave the service, or support people to do this. The researcher will ask about what helped or didn’t help during this time. These questions are designed so that people will be able to give as much information as they want. The answers to these questions will be recorded. The researcher will then look for similar things that people have said (themes).
These themes can then be shared with other services, so that they can try and make leaving services as easy as possible for people with psychosis.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/0335
Date of REC Opinion
25 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion