Moderated online social therapy for carers of young people recovering from first-episode psychosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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- 作者：John Gleeson ; Reeva Lederman ; Helen Herrman ; Peter Koval ; Dina Eleftheriadis…
- 关键词：First ; episode psychosis ; Carers ; Family intervention ; eHealth ; Randomised controlled trial
- 刊名：Trials
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 全文大小：668KB
- 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine, general; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1745-6215
- 卷排序：18
文摘
BackgroundFirst-episode psychosis most often has its onset during late adolescence. In caring for the young person, families endure high levels of stress and depression. Meanwhile, the social networks of families often erode. Our group has previously shown that family cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) leads to significantly improved perceived stress compared with specialist first-episode treatment as usual; however, there are well-known barriers to the dissemination of effective family interventions. To address this, we have developed a novel online intervention entitled ‘Altitudes’ that fully integrates purpose-built online social networking, expert and peer moderation, and evidence-based psychoeducation within a single application. The primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of Altitudes in reducing stress in carers over a 6-month period.