Victor Doku

TL;DR: Key issues are: early consideration of the impact of study design on the recruitment process; the participant's perspective; close collaboration with colleagues; the investigator’s good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills; and feedback to collaborators, associated clinicians and participants.

TL;DR: It is suggested that patients experiencing their first episode of psychosis may be experiencing difficulty in specific aspects of executive functions, including the ability to form and execute a strategy, and these difficulties may be mediating the deficits observed on tasks of verbal learning.

TL;DR: A number of barriers hindering collaboration, including human rights and safety concerns, scepticism around the effectiveness of ‘conventional’ treatments, and traditional healer solidarity were identified.

TL;DR: Investigating dimensions of caregiving and morbidity in caregivers of people with first-episode psychosis found caregivers are already having to cope with a wide range of problems and are developing coping strategies.

TL;DR: The research programme undertakes an analysis of existing mental health policies in four African countries, and will carry out and evaluate interventions to assist in the development and implementation of mental Health policies in those countries, over a five-year period.