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Social Recovery Therapy in improving activity and social outcomes in early psychosis: Current evidence and longer term outcomes

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Fowler, David, Hodgekins, Jo, French, Paul·2019·Schizophrenia Research

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BACKGROUND: Social Recovery Therapy (SRT) is a cognitive behavioural therapy which targets young people with early psychosis who have complex problems associated with severe social disability. This paper provides a narrative overview of current evidence for SRT and reports new data on a 2year follow-up of participants recruited into the Improving Social Recovery in Early Psychosis (ISREP) trial. METHOD: In the ISREP study 50 participants (86%) were followed up at 2years, 15months post treatment. The primary outcome was engagement in paid work, assessed using the Time Use Survey. Engagement in education and voluntary work were also assessed. In addition, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scales (PANSS) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) were administered. RESULTS: 25% of individuals with non-affective psychosis in the treatment group had engaged in paid work at some point in the year following the end of therapy, compared with none of the control group. Data from the PANSS and BHS suggested no worsening of symptoms and an indication that gains in hope were maintained over the 15month period following the end of therapy. CONCLUSION: Social Recovery Therapy is a promising psychological intervention which may improve social recovery in individuals with early psychosis. The new data reported in this paper shows evidence of gains in engagement in paid employment outcomes that persisted 15months beyond the period of active intervention.

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  • The small affective psychosis sample (n=22) compared to the non-affective psychosis sample (n=44) may have been underpowered to detect statistically significant between-group effects.

    “However, the small affective psychosis sample (n = 22) compared to the non‐affective psychosis sample (n = 44) may have been potentially underpowered to detect statistically significant between group effects (Fowler et al. 2019).”

    From Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Fowler et al. 2019

  • No statistically significant differences were found between SRT + TAU and TAU for the affective psychosis group regarding paid work (44.4% vs 46.2%).

    “Additionally, no statistically significant differences were found between the SRT + TAU group versus TAU group for the affective psychosis group regarding paid work (44.4% vs. 46.2%, respectively) (Fowler et al. 2019).”

    From Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Fowler et al. 2019

  • Over 40% of non-affective psychosis participants engaged in education or voluntary work, regardless of treatment.

    “Over 40% of non‐affective psychosis participants engaged in education or voluntary work, regardless of treatment (Fowler et al. 2019).”

    From Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Fowler et al. 2019

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  1. Birchwood M. Lester H. McCarthy L. Jones P.B. Fowler D. Amos T. Freemantle N. Sharma V. Lavis A. Singh S. Marshall M. The UK national evaluation of the development and impact of Early Intervention Services (the National EDEN studies): study rationale, design and baseline characteristics Early Interv. Psychiatry 8 1 2014 59 67 23347742
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Authors
Fowler, D., Hodgekins, J., & French, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
Venue
Schizophrenia Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-01
Volume
203
Pages
99-104
ISSN
0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2766804095
Cited by
53
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
FWCI
2.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council (G0300925)
  • National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0109-10074)
  • Department of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
Keywords
early psychosis
MeSH terms
Adult, Affective Disorders, Psychotic, Employment, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Psychotic Disorders, Social Behavior, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Outcome, Outcome Assessment, Health Care

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