Can a 3-Day course shift mental health care toward recovery?
NCT ID NCT05824234
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 3-day training program called REFOCUS helps mental health teams provide care that supports personal recovery. About 760 people with severe mental disorders (like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) will take part across 18 centers. Researchers will measure changes in patients' recovery progress and staff practices.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- REFOCUS training program (a 3-day course for mental health teams)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that training staff in recovery-oriented care improves patient outcomes and well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a drug trial. Results depend on how well teams adopt the training, and benefits may vary across settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 760 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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15 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age from 15 to 65 years old. * Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizotypal disorder and schizophreniform disorder or bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, disabling anxiety or depressive disorder (DSM-V criteria; APA, 2013). * Patients cared for by the team or unit benefiting from REFOCUS training * French mother tongue. * Patient affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme * Patient having received information about the study and having confirmed their participation in the study by signing the consent form * For minors (\< 18 years), information given to holders of parental authority and signature of consent. * For patients under curatorship, form signed by the patient and information given to the curator Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 15 years old * Patients under guardianship * Presence of an associated intellectual disability * Neurological disorders of vascular, infectious or neurodegenerative origin. * Taking somatic drugs with a cerebral or psychic impact (eg corticosteroids).
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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centre de réhabilitation - Hôpital le Vinatier
RECRUITINGLyon, Rhône, 69006, France
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