Social Outcomes of Covid-19 related Acute Transient Psychosis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Social Outcomes of Covid-19 related Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder: a feasibility study
IRAS ID
291577
Contact name
Peter Huxley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bangor University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 30 days
Research summary
Reports from local clinical services (in North Wales and elsewhere), and case reports in journals, suggest a recent increase presentations of acute psychoses which appear to be COVID-19 related. This may be attributable to pandemic-related psychosocial stressors, COVID-19 infection or a combined causation. Past studies of acute and transient psychosis have suggested rapid recovery, but have looked almost exclusively at symptomatic rather than social outcomes. The societal impact of the pandemic will be long lasting, which may make social recovery more difficult, leading to longer episodes and/or repeated episodes due to continuing psychosocial stress. It may be that the particular stresses associated with the pandemic result in different, possibly more rapid, presentations to those in the past, with different short- and long term outcomes, requiring altered intervention requirements. Social stressors resulting from ‘lockdown’, such as job-loss, financial stress, family and childcare needs, will have to be addressed in order to sustain well-being and prevent relapse or further deterioration in mental health. The proposed study will have two arms: a retrospective clinical record-based arm and a smaller prospective arm using remote interviewing to assess new cases to identify social influences and outcomes from their illness episode.
REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
21/WA/0019
Date of REC Opinion
16 Feb 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion