Smartphone Applications Youth With Early Psychosis in Community Outpatient Settings

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Psychosis, Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

In brief

The project aims to test the utility of implementing a mobile health application ("mhealth app") in early psychosis care in the community outpatient setting and in the university medical center setting. We will enroll 60 individuals in the early stages of psychotic illness who are receiving care in two UC Davis affiliated community based early psychosis outpatient programs: the Aldea Child and Family Services SOAR Programs in Napa and Solano Counties (Napa SOAR, and Solano SOAR), as well as the UC Davis Early Psychosis Programs (EDAPT and SacEDAPT clinics). Early psychosis (EP) participants will include individuals at high risk for developing a psychotic illness (termed "clinical high risk" or CHR) and individuals within two years of their first psychotic episode (termed "first episode psychosis" or FEP). Over the course of five months, EP participants will use the app on their mobile device to complete daily surveys assessing mood, social interactions and medication adherence, and weekly surveys assessing clinical symptoms, sleep and medication adherence. EP participants will also complete clinical assessments with UC Davis research staff at the initial and final study appointments (baseline and five month timepoints). Clinicians working in the three early psychosis programs will also participate in the study. In their clinical role, they will interact with EP participants' app data via the Dashboard, a secure web-based portal, and provide feedback on the clinical utility of the data that is provided on the dashboard. EP participants and their clinicians will also provide feedback on the impact of the app on the therapeutic relationship.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03286595

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

60

Starts

2015-08-19

Expected to finish

2016-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-18

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for EP and CHR participants are: age 13-30 years, English fluency, and receiving clinical care at one of three UC Davis affiliated early psychosis clinics in the Northern California region: 1) UC Davis Early Psychosis Program (SacEDAPT \& EDAPT clinics); 2) Aldea Solano SOAR Program; 3) Aldea Napa SOAR program.
• CHR participants will have no history of psychosis and will demonstrate attenuated psychotic symptoms consistent with the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS), or genetic risk (first-degree relative with psychosis) in conjunction with a substantial drop in functioning over the past year.
• FEP participants will be ascertained within three years or less from illness onset and have diagnoses of affective (i.e. bipolar) and non-affective psychosis (i.e. schizophrenia) according to DSM-IV criteria.

You may not qualify if…

• IQ below 70
• history neurological disorders
• current substance abuse/dependence

Where it is running

• UC Davis Imaging Research Center — Sacramento, California, United States

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