Culturally-adapted Family Intervention for psychosis with people of African & Caribbean descent

Catch up on this seminar from our ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Seminar Series with Professor Dawn Edge. This event took place on 13 March 2024 on Zoom.
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Ethnic inequalities in the management and outcomes of schizophrenia and related psychoses remain consistent over 60 years of research. Alongside a 7-fold risk of diagnosis, Black and Mixed heritage people experience more negative care pathways, worse care experience, and poorer outcomes than other ethnic groups with high attendant costs for service users, families, services, and wider society.
NICE Schizophrenia Guidance recommends Family Intervention (FI) for psychosis and highlight the ‘urgent need’ to develop culturally informed care. However, both FI and culturally informed/competent care are poorly implemented, and FI is rarely offered to Black and other UK ethnic minority families whom might benefit most.
Culturally-adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) was co-created and successfully piloted with people of African and Caribbean descent, incorporating innovative approaches to tackling implementation barriers and enable access to evidence-based psychological care. CaFI is a bespoke talking treatment co-created with people of Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean descent to tackle longstanding inequities in the management of schizophrenia and related psychoses.
In this seminar, we explore with Professor Dawn Edge the challenges and lessons learned from the CaFI ‘co-production journey’ and implications for research, policy, and practice.
Note: Please note that our Q&A session was not recorded for this session, and the question asked during the presentation was not included in this video to protect the confidentiality of our attendees.