Actissist: Proof-of-Concept Trial of a Theory-Driven Digital Intervention for Psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely access to intervention for psychosis is crucial yet problematic. As such, health care providers are forming digital strategies for addressing mental health challenges. A theory-driven digital intervention that monitors distressing experiences and provides real-time active management strategies could improve the speed and quality of recovery in psychosis, over and above conventional treatments. This study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of Actissist, a digital health intervention grounded in the cognitive model of psychosis that targets key early psychosis domains.

Methods

A proof-of-concept, single, blind, randomized controlled trial of Actissist, compared to a symptom-monitoring control. Thirty-six early psychosis patients were randomized on a 2

SUBMITTER: Bucci S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135229 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature