REACT Study

Introducing — Aleen Syed

cultivate — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:15:34 +0000

The REACT team would like to introduce you to a new member of the team. Aleen Syed graduated in Psychology in 2009 and went on to study Trans-cultural mental health studies and completed her MSc in 2010. Aleen works as a research assistant in Lancashire Care Foundation Trust. She primarily works within research targeting cultural adaptation or developing culturally appropriate services for BME populations in UK. Aleen hopes to train as a Clinical Psychologist.

Cultural Adaptation of the REACT toolkit

cultivate — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:52:20 +0000

Culturally adapted REACT (CaREACT) is an extension of an established REACT trial. CaREACT aims to explore and identify cultural issues and barriers that south Asian relatives encounter whilst taking care of someone with psychosis. The culturally adapted toolkit will provide key information and culturally sensitive guidance for south Asian relatives in managing the difficulties that arise when a friend or family member experiences psychosis. CaREACT has been approved by the ethics committee. Resources are being identified to recruit relatives and key community members of south Asian community for the focus groups.

Merry Christmas

cultivate — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:57:49 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone from the REACT team.

The trial is now complete!

cultivate — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:57:09 +0000

A big Thank you to everybody that took part. We look forward to letting you know the results of the trial. Keep checking for details.

Trial Update

cultivate — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:47:34 +0000

We have recruited a total of 103 participants for the study. Currently 71 participants have completed the trial with the final participants due to finish in October 2011. Following this there will be a period of data analysis and write up; we hope to publish a paper with the final results in the new year.

Multicultural Adaptation

cultivate — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:45:21 +0000

We have recently started a one year study to investigate how we need to adapt REACT for British ethnic groups. This has arisen due to the interest in REACT expressed by members of the South Asian community coupled with the recognition that the toolkit was written for a very Western population. This study consists of a systematic review of the literature to find out what is already known about cultural adaptations for psychological interventions plus a series of interviews with relatives from South Asian communities do get their views and ideas. Hopefully this will enable us to develop a culturally appropriate version of REACT to offer people and will inform future cultural adaptations.

REACT Study Protocol Published Online

cultivate — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:37:16 +0000

The Protocol paper for the REACT trial has recently been published on the BioMed Central website. The paper explains what the aims of the study are, why it is being conducted, and what the results of the trial will be used for.

The paper also describes in detail the procedure for the trial including how participants were recruited and randomised, which outcome measures are being used, how the data is being collected, how the REACT toolkit was developed, the main features of the toolkit, and how the data is going to be analysed.

Available for free download from www.reactstudy.co.uk/protocol

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies Conference 2011

cultivate — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:38:00 +0000

Members of the REACT project presented the research at the annual conference of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), which takes place at the University of Surrey in Guildford in July 2011.

In a symposium on ‘Informing interventions for relatives of people with psychosis’, Laura Wainwright, presented findings from the qualitative focus group study exploring what relatives experience when supporting a family member with early psychosis. She was joined by Fiona Lobban, lead researcher on the REACT project, who talked about the key components of effective family interventions for supporting relatives of people with psychosis.

View the BABCP 2011 presentation — Focus Groups experiences.ppt
View the REACT systematic review — Guildford BABCP 2011.ppt

Introducing — Claire Hilton

cultivate — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:13:16 +0000

The REACT team would like to introduce you to a new member of the team. Claire Hilton has recently begun volunteering on the REACT project. Claire has an important role in making sure that all the data is verified and ready for analysis and helping the team with various tasks ensuring the project remains on track. Claire is currently completing a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at Lancaster University. Claire volunteers at the Spectrum Centre for the REACT Project alongside her degree. Claire has a particular interest in Mental Health and Psychosis. Claire hopes to train as a Counselling Psychologist once she has graduated from Lancaster University.

We have recruited all the participants we need for the study

cultivate — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:53:03 +0000

We would like to send a huge thanks to everyone involved in recruiting participants for the REACT study. We greatly appreciate the time and support you have given to us during the recruitment phase of the study. And a massive thank you to all of the relatives currently taking part in the study.