Information for professionals

Are you a health professional working with service users of Sub-Saharan or Caribbean descent (including Black British and Mixed Heritage) who are 14 years old or over and have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or psychosis?

If so, you could refer them to a new innovative study assessing whether 10 one-hour sessions of Culturally adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) reduces the risk of relapse in Black and Mixed Heritage people.

Service users can take part with a family member, a nominated person or a CaFI volunteer, and are paid £30 across 12 months.

How to make a referral

1. Identify service users on your caseload who meet the criteria (see below).
2. Email the CaFI research team (CaFITM@gmmh.nhs.uk) with:
   • the service user’s name;
   • the service user’s NHS/PARIS number;
   • a short referral summary.

If the person referred is not suitable for CaFI, the team may forward the referral to other research trials within the trust, if deemed appropriate.

ICD F20-F29 inclusion criteria

F20-F29 Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders (including First Episode Psychosis)

F20  Schizophrenia

• F20.0   Paranoid schizophrenia
• F20.1   Hebephrenic schizophrenia
• F20.2   Catatonic schizophrenia
• F20.3   Undifferentiated schizophrenia
• F20.4   Postschizophrenic depression
• F20.5   Residual schizophrenia
• F20.6   Simple schizophrenia
• F20.8   Other schizophrenia
• F20.9   Schizophrenia, unspecified

F21  Schizotypal disorder

• F22       Persistent delusional disorders
• F22.0   Delusional disorder
• F22.8   Other persistent delusional disorders
• F22.9   Persistent delusional disorder, unspecified

F23  Acute and transient psychotic disorders

• F23.0   Acute polymorphic psychotic disorder without symptoms of schizophrenia
• F23.1   Acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with symptoms of schizophrenia
• F23.2   Acute schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder
• F23.3   Other acute predominantly delusional psychotic disorders
• F23.8   Other acute and transient psychotic disorders
• F23.9   Acute and transient psychotic disorder, unspecified

F24  Induced delusional disorder

F25  Schizoaffective disorders

• F25.0   Schizoaffective disorder, manic type
• F25.1   Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
• F25.2   Schizoaffective disorder, mixed type
• F25.8   Other schizoaffective disorders
• F25.9   Schizoaffective disorder, unspecified

F28  Other nonorganic psychotic disorders

F29  Unspecified nonorganic psychosis

Referral guide and resources

• CaFI referral guide (PDF)
• Consent to contact form (PDF)

Contact us

Email: CaFITM@gmmh.nhs.uk