Altitudes

Altitudes is a moderated social media and online learning platform for parents, caregivers, and other supporters of individuals living with early psychosis. The platform is a place for you to talk to other individuals with similar experiences, access educational material, give and receive support, and learn new strategies for stress relief and managing your current circumstances—all with the support of a team of clinical moderators and family workers. This platform is being piloted at two of the North Carolina FEP clinics.

We are also recruiting parents, caregivers, and other supporters of individuals living with early psychosis to complete questionnaires about your experiences, well-being, and support to better understand your needs and the services you receive at the other FEP clinics. Our hope is to provide all clinics access to the platform after the pilot project. This group will help us determine the extent to which a digital intervention could be beneficial to and supportive of families with loved ones receiving care for early psychosis.

If you are eligible and decide to participate in the research study, you will be involved in the project for approximately 6 months.

Eligibility Criteria:

Inclusion criteria:

• Parent or supporter of a young person who is currently receiving treatment from a CSC program for FEP, or who have recently graduated from a CSC program
• Parent or supporter must be at least 18 years of age
• Participant’s loved one is receiving or received services from one of North Carolina’s FEP clinics
• Parent or supporter must have access to internet through a mobile phone, tablet, or computer

Exclusion criteria:

• Parent or supporter is currently engaged in legal action against the loved one receiving services from the CSC program
• Parent or supporter does not speak or understand English

If you are interested, please complete the online referral form or email Liz Fraser (erfraser@email.unc.edu).