Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis

NCT03102151 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: USCLaCLAVE1R01MH103830
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 137
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study examines the possible effect of a community campaign to decrease the duration of untreated psychosis in persons with their first episode of a psychotic disorder.

Conditions

First Episode Psychosis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Latency to Treatment (LTT) a novel interview based assessment tool to measure the Duration of Untreated Psychosis

  The time from the onset of psychosis to the time the subject receives appropriate mental health treatment. The metric is number of weeks that the person went without treatment from illness onset. The number of weeks is the variable of interest that will be aggregated.

  At the time of recruitment into the study

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Psychosis literacy, a questionnaire based inquiry for which the respondents answer either open-ended questions (e.g., What is serious mental Illness?) or "Yes-no" questions ("e.g., Can you recognize a serious mental illness in others?)

  At the time of recruitment in to study

Interventions

Community Campaign La CLAVE OTHER

A community campaign to teach community residents and professional networks the signs and symptoms of psychosis using social media, community talks, and advertising.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Living in the catchment area of San Fernando Mental Health Outpatient clinic, a clinic with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

You may qualify if:

• Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-4 criteria for a psychotic disorder
• of Latino origin

You may not qualify if:

• has a neurological disorder or suffers from brain trauma

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California: lead
• University of California, Los Angeles: collaborator
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

San Fernando Mental Health Center

Granada Hills, California, 91344, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Steven Lopez, PhD

  University of Southern California

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2016
• First Posted: April 5, 2017
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: August 30, 2019
• Last Updated: January 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)