Feasibility and Acceptability of an Intervention to Support People With Severe Mental Illness in South Africa
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Mental Disorders, Severe
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Participants needed
- 86 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu · Other
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About This Trial
Despite commendable progress in developing mental health systems in low-and-middle income countries, critical gaps remain, particularly the development of community-based systems of support for people living with severe mental illness (SMIs). This application will pilot a co-developed health system strengthening intervention programme in a South African district in order to determine its feasibili…
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Eligibility Criteria
Service user inclusion criteria:
* Adults (aged 18 years and above);
* Being admitted to the psychiatric ward of a hospital for observation and treatment due to an acute psychiatric event, based on ICD diagnosis on patient charts according to the following criteria:
* F20-29 including schizophre…
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