Interviews and focus group on cognitive function in psychosis v2.0

Overview

Do you care for someone with lived experience of psychosis and problems with thinking skills?

What’s the study?
We want to understand the carer’s personal experience of caring for someone with lived experience of psychosis and problems with thinking skills, such as memory, attention and concentration.
We want to hear about this in a focus group.

Why this is important?
People with lived experience of psychosis can experience problems with thinking skills.

The focus groups will help us learn more about what problems with thinking skills are most important for people with lived experience of psychosis and their carers. This will help guide future research.

What’s in it for me?
You will contribute to research that could help people with difficulties similar to those of the person you care for. 
The focus group will be beneficial for research being done in this area in the future.
We will reimburse you for your time and for travel expenses.

What will I have to do?
You will attend one 1-hour focus group. 
During the focus group, you can share and talk about your personal experience of taking care of someone with lived experience of psychosis and problems with thinking skills.

Who can take part?
Unpaid carers of people with lived experience of psychosis who have, or have had, problems with thinking skills.

Are you interested in taking part in this study?

Find out more by filling in this form 

Planned end date

30 Apr 2026 00:00

Conditions

Psychosis

Inclusion Criteria

- Lived experience with psychosis, including individuals with personal experience of psychosis, unpaid carers andfamily members
- Current or past cognitive deficits
- Age between 18 and 65 years
- Able to provide informed consent

For carers:
- Having a relative with lived experience of psychosis willing to give consent to them participating in the focus group

Exclusion Criteria

- No lived experience with psychosis
- Traumatic brain injury
- Neurological or metabolic disorders associated with cognitive deficits
- On occasions where it is not possible for the protocol to be followed, i.e. due to language barriers, participants will not be consented into the study

- For carers: 
if the person they care for does not provide consent, they will be excluded from the study

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