Eligibility criteria
What is an "at-risk mental state"?
- An individual who experiences difficulties with their emotional well-being, changes in their behaviour and their thought patterns, which is causing them distress, may be said to have an at-risk mental state
- The combination of their difficulties and certain risk factors mean these individuals are more at risk of developing psychosis
Groups
Three different groups of those with an at-risk mental state:
- State plus trait
- Individuals with an immediate relative who has a psychotic disorder
- AND having a recent deterioration in their ability to cope as may be seen through behavioural or emotional changes or chronic low functioning
- Attenuated symptoms
- Changes in thoughts or emotions, e.g. hearing voices or seeing things. Changes in perception of objects (things looking or sounding different) or misinterpretation of events (feeling slightly suspicious about others at times, odd beliefs, magical thinking).
- These should have been present for the past year
- Brief, limited, intermittent psychotic symptoms (BLIPS)
- Severe changes in thoughts or emotions, e.g. hearing voices or seeing things. Severe changes in perception of objects (things looking or sounding different) or strongly held unusual beliefs (feeling highly suspicious, persecuted or special).
- These should have lasted for less than 1 week and have resolved without anti-psychotic medication
Other eligibility criteria
- Help seeking
- Age 14-35
- Sufficient capability in English to engage in therapy
- Drug and alcohol misuse does not exclude individuals
- No history of taking anti-psychotic medication for more than two days
- No history of organic brain disease
- No moderate to severe learning disability
If you are not certain whether EDIE-2 is suitable for someone you would like to refer, please
contact the research assistants in your area anyway — we can make this decision and refer to the appropriate service if EDIE-2 is not appropriate.
