Can Ecological Momentary assessments be used to investigate the person-environment interactions in people with psychosis?

TL;DR

This paper explores using real-time assessments to study how people with psychosis interact with their environment.

Contribution

It introduces using Ecological Momentary Assessment to study dynamic symptom patterns and deliver psychological treatment in daily life.

Findings

EMA can capture dynamic patterns of positive and negative symptoms in daily life.

The INTERACT trial tested Acceptance And Commitment Therapy in daily life for early psychosis.

EMA can help transfer psychological treatments to real-world settings.

Abstract

Psychotic experiences show a dynamic pattern over time, often in interaction with the environment. In my talk, I will discuss how Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) or Experience Sampling Methodology can be used to assess psychotic symptoms in the flow of daily life. I will focus on the assessment of both positive and negative symptoms, where I will discuss both how we can measure such symptoms as well as what the dynamic patterns look like in everyday life. Furthermore, I will also focus on how ESM can be used to transfer psychological treatment to daily life using an app. I will discuss the INTERACT trial, a trial in people at the early stages of psychosis, where we investigated the effect of Acceptance And Commitment Therapy in Daily Life, compared to Treatment As Usual.

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