Predicting Psychosocial Rehabilitation Service Outcomes

• WHAT IS THIS STUDY ABOUT? -   The Prediction Project is a combined effort involving the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) and the USC Department of Social Work.  The purpose of this project is to learn more about the factors that may affect how a person with schizophrenia functions in the community, including their success at work, satisfaction with family & friends and how well they benefit from they services received.

• WHO WOULD QUALIFY?  -

  • Recruitment for this study is done in the community by staff of the USC Department of Social Work. 

• WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? -

  • Interview - (1 - 1.5 hours)

    • covering topics of personal, functional, family, and substance use history, etc.  You will be interviewed five times over a 24 month period: once at the beginning and again in six months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months.  The interviews will be the same each time.

  • Assessments - (5 hours)

    • Testing sessions for this project will be given three times: once at the beginning, again in 12 months, and 24 months.

    • You will be asked to identify letters and numbers presented on a computer screen

    • Your body's electrical activity will be recorded in response to sounds (heart rate, and the activity of the sweat glands on your fingers)

    • You will be asked to identify emotions in pictures, on audiotape, and on videos of people interacting

    • You will be asked to perform learning and memory tests.

    • You may also have prints taken of your hands to learn more about your prenatal development.

• COMPENSATION?

  • For each of the five interviews you complete, you will receive $15.  For each of the three testing sessions you complete, you will receive $40. 

• CONTACT INFORMATION FOR QUESTIONS OR ENROLLMENT

  • Mark Morales, Project Recruiter (310) 478-3711 ext. 49234  mamorales@mednet.ucla.edu

  • Michael F. Green, Ph.D., Principal Investigator (310) 268-3376