Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Effects of a Peer-facilitated, Recovery-focused Self-illness Management Program for First-episode Psychosis
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Collaborating Sponsors:
Integrated Community Centers for Mental Wellness
Conditions:
Psychotic Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Psychosis is a major disabling and disruptive mental illness characterized by a wide variety of disturbances in cognition and emotions, resulting in poor psychosocial functioning and frequent relapses...
Detailed Description
People with first-episode psychosis (FEP) are often anxious/stressed and unprepared to manage the illness and associated disturbances of daily living and functioning. Due to this unpreparedness for il...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hong Kong Chinese residents, aged 18-60;
- clinically and primarily diagnosed with a first-episode psychosis according to the DSM-V criteria (American Psychiatric Association 2013), and within 3 years onset of illness;
- able to understand Cantonese/Mandarin; and
- having Global Assessment of Functioning scores ≥51, indicating mild-to-moderate symptoms and challenges in maintaining work/school/family roles, but mentally stable and comprehendible to the training and education offered
Exclusion
- recently received/are currently receiving another psychosocial or psychoeducation intervention;
- having a comorbidity of learning/cognitive/personality disorder, and/or clinically significant medical disease; or
- having a visual/language/communication difficulty/disorder.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
198 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06487195
Start Date
February 1 2023
End Date
October 31 2025
Last Update
August 26 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Integrated Community Centers for Mental Wellness
Hong Kong, Hong Kong