A randomized controlled trial of vocational intervention for young people with first‐episode psychosis: method

Abstract

This paper describes the methodology for the largest attempted study of IPS in FEP. This study has the capacity to answer questions about the benefits on illness and economic impacts of vocational recovery in FEP. Further, it has the capacity to extend knowledge about the contribution of cognitive and social cognitive factors to recovery in this domain.

Early psychosis research at Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

“…The IPS group were significantly more likely to gain employment, work more hours per week, hold employment for a longer duration, and be less reliant on welfare benefits at 6-month follow-up [92]. This preliminary evidence supporting the benefits of IPS led to a larger effectiveness study of IPS [93]. In this newer study, participants were followed up for 18 months after a 6-month period of IPS+TAU or TAU on a range of outcomes (e.g., demographic, psychopathological, economic, social cognitive and neurocognitive); the statistical analyses for this study are currently being undertaken [93].…”

“…This preliminary evidence supporting the benefits of IPS led to a larger effectiveness study of IPS [93]. In this newer study, participants were followed up for 18 months after a 6-month period of IPS+TAU or TAU on a range of outcomes (e.g., demographic, psychopathological, economic, social cognitive and neurocognitive); the statistical analyses for this study are currently being undertaken [93].…”

Individual placement and support for vocational recovery in first-episode psychosis: randomised controlled trial

“…The background and methodology of the study has been described in detail elsewhere. 10 Key aspects of the study methodology as well as specific details concerning the participants, interventions and analyses are briefly described here. The study received ethical approval from the Melbourne Health Mental Health Research and Ethics Committee.…”

Relapse Risk Assessment in Early Phase Psychosis: The Search for a Reliable and Valid Tool

“…Recently, there has been a more optimistic outlook on recovery generated from SEI services, as it is assumed that patients in the early phase are likely to have retained greater motivation and skills to engage in a process that could lead to full recovery in all dimensions. 18,19 Although recovery is defined on multiple dimensions, [20][21][22][23] remission of symptoms still remains an important part of the road to recovery, whether guided by clinical, functional, 14 or a patient's subjective perspective. 23 However, one clinical barrier toward remission, and thus recovery, is the high rate of relapse and the lack of an assessment tool for identification of risk of relapse at this early phase of illness.…”