Tests a peer-led self-learning program for adults with recent-onset psychosis
Tests a peer-led self-learning program in adults with early psychosis.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effects of a Peer-facilitated, Acceptance-based Self-learning for Illness Management (PASIM) Program
Key facts
- Where
- Hong Kong, ChinaSee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 64 years old?
Source: NCT07129369, who can take part
Where in China
- Integrated Community Centers for Mental WellnessHong Kong, ChinaNo longer taking part
- Psychiatric outpatient clinics in one hospital cluster of Hospital AuthorityHong Kong, ChinaNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Trial code
- NCT07129369
- Record updated
- 19 August 2025
- Original description
Psychosis is a very disabling mental illness with a wide range of dysregulations and disruptions in cognition, emotions, and behaviors, resulting in poor functioning and frequent relapses, especially in the first five years of the illness. There is a knowledge gap about whether Peer-facilitated, Acceptance-based Self-learning for Illness Management (PASIM) can have longer-term and more significant benefits than current professional-led psychoeducation in diverse health outcomes of these psychotic patients such as functioning, problem-solving, and recovery. This multi-center randomized controlled trial with repeated measures, 3-arm design is proposed to test and compare the effects between two alternative interventions (PASIM and Psychoeducation Group program) and a usual-care-only group over an 18-month follow-up.Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluating the Effects of a Peer-facilitated, Acceptance-based Self-learning for Illness Management (PASIM) Program for Adults With Recent-onset Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Psychosis is a very disabling mental illness with a wide range of dysregulations and disruptions in cognition, emotions, and behaviors, resulting in poor functioning and frequent relapses, especially in the first five years of the illness. There is a knowledge gap about whether Peer-facilitated, Acceptance-based Self-learning for Illness Management (PASIM) can have longer-term and more significant benefits than current professional-led psychoeducation in diverse health outcomes of these psychotic patients such as functioning, problem-solving, and recovery. This multi-center randomized controlled trial with repeated measures, 3-arm design is proposed to test and compare the effects between two alternative interventions (PASIM and Psychoeducation Group program) and a usual-care-only group over an 18-month follow-up.
Inclusion: Primarily diagnosed with psychosis (or ROP with <5 years of illness as defined in recent literature), including brief, first-episode and other psychotic disorders according to the criteria of the DSM-5 [American Psychiatric Association 2013]; H.K. Chinese residents, aged 18-64 years; Global Assessment of Functioning scores ≥51, indicating mild to moderate symptoms and difficulties in psychosocial/occupational functioning [American Psychiatric Association 2013], being mentally stable to comprehend APSI or psychoeducation and outcome measures; Able to read and understand Cantonese/ Mandarin.
Exclusion: Have received or are receiving other psychotherapies; Comorbidity with other mental (learning disability, cognitive, or personality disorder) or significant medical disease(s); And/or communication, visual or hearing difficulty.