Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis

Description

This study will compare a 12-session behavioral activation (BA) intervention modified for first-episode psychosis (FEP) to usual community mental health care (i.e., treatment-as-usual; TAU) delivered over 6 months with a sample of Latinos with FEP and their families. Comparable family group sessions will also be delivered to participants in both conditions. It is expected that BA participants will show better engagement than TAU participants.

Conditions

Engagement, Patient, First Episode Psychosis

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Study overview

This study will compare a 12-session behavioral activation (BA) intervention modified for first-episode psychosis (FEP) to usual community mental health care (i.e., treatment-as-usual; TAU) delivered over 6 months with a sample of Latinos with FEP and their families. Comparable family group sessions will also be delivered to participants in both conditions. It is expected that BA participants will show better engagement than TAU participants.

Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis (FEP) in the Community Mental Health Setting

Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis

Condition
Engagement, Patient
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Granada Hills

San Fernando Mental Health Center, Granada Hills, California, United States, 91344

Sylmar

Olive View - UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California, United States, 91342

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Self-identification as Latino
  • * Age 15 to 35
  • * Diagnostic \& Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, other specified schizophrenia spectrum, affective psychosis, and other psychotic disorder criteria
  • * Ability to speak English or Spanish
  • * Caregiver willing to consent to participate in the study and care
  • * Ability to provide fully informed consent
  • * Diagnosis of psychotic disorder due to another medical condition or substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder
  • * Presence of a serious medical condition
  • * 3≤ years after the onset

Ages Eligible for Study

15 Years to 35 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

California State University, San Bernardino,

Maria Santos, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, California State University, San Bernardino

Study Record Dates

2026-02-28