Social Recovery Therapy in improving activity and social outcomes in early psychosis: Current evidence and longer term outcomes
Full Article David Fowler, Joanne Hodgekins, and Paul French Abstract Background Social Recovery Therapy (SRT) is a cognitive behavioural therapy which targets young people with early psychosis who have complex problems associated with severe social disability. This paper provides a narrative overview of current evidence for SRT and reports new data on a 2 year follow-up of participants recruited into the Improving Social Recovery in Early Psychosis (ISREP) trial. Method In the ISREP study 50 participants...
Comparing time use in individuals at different stages of psychosis and a non-clinical comparison group
Full Article Abstract Social functioning difficulties are a common and disabling feature of psychosis and have also been identified in the prodromal phase. However, debate exists about how such difficulties should be defined and measured. Time spent in structured activity has previously been linked to increased psychological wellbeing in non-clinical samples and may provide a useful way of assessing social functioning in clinical settings. The current study compared hours in structured activity, assessed...
Cognitive behaviour therapy for improving social recovery in psychosis: A report from the ISREP MRC Trial Platform study (Improving Social Recovery in Early Psychosis)
Full Article David Fowler, Joanne Hodgekins, M. Painter, Tony Reilly, C. Crane, Iain Macmillan, Miranda Mugford, Tim Croudace and Peter B. Jones Abstract Background This study reports on a preliminary evaluation of a cognitive behavioural intervention to improve social recovery among young people in the early stages of psychosis showing persistent signs of poor social functioning and unemployment. The study was a single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two arms, 35 participants receiving cognitive...
Cognitive behaviour therapy for improving social recovery in psychosis: Cost-effectiveness analysis
Full Article Garry R. Barton, Jo Hodgekins, Miranda Mugford, Peter B. Jones, Tim Croudace, and David Fowler A randomised trial was conducted in order to estimate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of social recovery orientated cognitive behavioural therapy (SRCBT) for people diagnosed with psychosis, compared to case management alone (CMA). The mean incremental health and social care cost, and the mean incremental quality adjusted life year (QALY) gain, of SRCBT was calculated over...