Family Intervention for Africans and Caribbeans with Psychosis Trial
Overview
Would you like to support a service user in “talking therapy”?
We are testing a new “talking therapy” called CaFI (Culturally-adapted Family Intervention), with Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean, Black British and Mixed Heritage people, who have schizophrenia or psychosis.
We are looking for ‘Family Support Members’ (FSMs) to work with service users, who can’t take part in CaFI therapy with a family member.
CaFI therapy will be delivered by qualified therapists. You will support the service user throughout the sessions. All FSMs will receive training from the research team.
You can be from any ethnic background. We also welcome people with lived experience of psychosis to apply.
To find out more about our work, please contact a research staff member.
Are you interested in taking part in this study?
Planned end date
30 Jun 2025 00:00Conditions
Psychosis,SchizophreniaPeople types
Ethnic MinoritiesInclusion Criteria
Ethnicity
People of Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean descent, including those who self-identify as 'Black British', 'Black Caribbean', 'Black African', 'African-Caribbean', or 'Mixed' African/Caribbean'.
Diagnosis
Schizophrenia or related diagnoses (ICD F20-29/ DSM-IV) (World Health Organisation, 1992; APA, 2000). We shall exclude to those with non-psychotic or organic brain disorder or cognitive impairment.
Capacity
Assessed by Care Coordinators/key workers as having the capacity to provide informed consent and to participate in therapy. Assessed by Care Coordinators/key workers as not presenting high, short-term risk to self or others.
Exclusion Criteria
As substance use often co-occurs with psychoses, this will not be an exclusion criterion unless it is the primary diagnosis.
We shall exclude service users under the age of 14. However, family members under 14 (e.g. siblings) can participate if they are able to give assent, depending on parental/guardian consent.
Unlike service users, family members, and FSMs do not have to be of Caribbean or Sub-Saharan background.