A New Paradigm for Illness Monitoring and Relapse Prevention in Schizophrenia

A New Paradigm for Illness Monitoring and Relapse Prevention in Schizophrenia

This study was a 2-arm randomized control trial (RCT) designed to test a multi-modal smartphone data collection system that provided mobile monitoring of schizophrenia to detect early signs of relapse. The RCT compared an arm with participants who received treatment as usual with an arm that received the smartphone system for a year.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) criteria for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or psychosis not otherwise specified based on a chart diagnosis
• 18 years or older
• An inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, daytime psychiatric hospitalization, outpatient crisis management, or short-term psychiatric hospital emergency room within 12 months before study entry
• Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hearing, vision, or motor impairment that make it impossible to operate a smartphone (determined using a demonstration smartphone for screening)
• 6th grade reading level (determined by Wide Range Achievement Test- 4th Edition)