Research projects across the Collaborative

HOPE is an international collaboration between researchers, people with lived experience, policy makers and community stakeholders working in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya to develop effective, rights-based interventions for people who are homeless and have severe mental illness.

A major barrier to innovation in treatment and care for people with psychosis in low-income countries is the near-total absence of rigorous epidemiological research into the aetiology, presentation, social context, associated physical health conditions and early course of psychosis. In SCOPE, we will address this by producing high quality, contextual evidence and use this to design innovations in detection and treatment to improve the lives of people living with psychosis in a low-income country.  

Most people with mental health problems in Malawi tend to consult traditional or religious healers. Knowledge and understanding of psychosis is limited, and services have limited capacity. PROMISE is a longitudinal study that aims to build on existing services to develop sustainable psychosis detection systems and management pathways to promote recovery.

PROMISE seeks to understand perspectives of ‘psychosis’ among People With Lived Experience (PWLE), caregivers and health-worker ‘stakeholders’ in Malawi and how these influence help-seeking.