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SCENE research project

Researchers: Prof Martin Webber, Dr Kayonda Ngamaba, Dr Cheyann Heap, Dr Beth Casey

• School for Business and Society, University of York
• Funder: National Institute for Health Research
• Duration: June 2017 to November 2022

Background

SCENE is a research programme that aims to develop and evaluate a new intervention to help patients with psychosis to overcome social isolation and improve their quality of life.

The project consists of several studies leading to and testing a new intervention which focuses on patients’ activities in contact with other people.

Aims and objectives

SCENE: Enhancing social networks to improve the quality of life of patients with psychosis. This project is developing and evaluating a new social intervention for isolated patients with a diagnosis of psychosis to increase their social networks.