Health Care : Current Reviews

TechCare: Mobile-assessment and therapy for psychosis: An intervention for clients within the early intervention service

Global Summit on Telemedicine & eHealth

August 17-18, 2015 Houston, USA

Nadeem Gire

The University of Central Lancashire, UK

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Abstract:

There has been a vast amount of research in the field of psychological interventions primarily in the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for a range of severe mental health disorders. Technological advances in healthcare have shown promise when delivering interventions for mental health problems such as psychosis. The aim of the current project is to develop a mobile phone intervention for people with psychosis and to conduct a feasibility study of the TechCare App. The TechCare App will assess participant�??s symptoms and respond with a personalized guided self¬-help based psychological intervention with the aim of reducing participant�??s symptoms. The project will recruit 16 service users and 8¬-10 health professionals and will be conducted at the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Early Intervention Service. In phase one of the study, we will invite people to discuss their experience of psychosis and give their opinions on the existing evidence based treatment (CBT) and how the mobile app can be developed to deliver the intervention in real-time. In phase two, we will complete a test run with a small number of participants (n=4) to refine the mobile intervention (TechCare). Finally, in phase three of the study the TechCare App will be examined in a feasibility study with a total of 12 participants. Hollis et al., has suggested a need for the rapid increase in the evidence base for the clinical effectiveness of digital technologies with mHealth research being potentially helpful in addressing the demand on mental health services globally.

Biography :

Nadeem Gire is a PhD Student funded by the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership and Acceleration in Health Research and Care North West Coast (CLAHRC-NWC) at the University of Central Lancashire. He also works as a clinical researcher at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Pakistan Institute of Learning and Living. His work has focused in the area of global mental health, working along side Dr Nusrat Husain and Professor Imran Chaudhry and is a member of the Global Mental Health Research Group at the University of Manchester.

Email: NGire1@uclan.ac.uk