3. Overview
1. The Cost of Schizophrenia
2. Background to ‘My Journey’ mobile app
3. An app a day keeps the doctor away?
4. Return on Investment
4. What is Early Intervention in Psychosis?
Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIIP) is a mental
health service for 14-35 year olds experiencing a First
Episode of Psychosis
EIIP aims to Reduce Delays in treatment & increase
chances of Recovery.
Works with Young Person and Family for Three Years
5. Cost of Delayed Treatment in Psychosis
• 1% population
• Costs £7 billion a year
• 70-80% discontinue medication within 1 yr
• 15% die by suicide
• 84% unemployed
• Co-morbidity - diabetes, heart disease
• Die 20 years earlier than gen. population
Schizophrenia Commission, 2012
11. Cost of Admission
2009 2010
Number of
Young People
Admitted
16 4
Cost for
Median 16
Days
£300,712 £75,178
Based on Chrisholm et al (2007) Cost of Psychiatric Bed Per Day
Cost Saving ~ £225,534
12. Survey of 20 young people aged 14-25 who used the app
The Best Feature About the app is…
September 2012
13. Survey of 20 young people aged 14-25 who used the app
I will you use the app for…
September 2012
14. Service Users
My Journey
Mobile App
Self Rated Measures
+
Activity Trackers
Secure Data Base
Electronic Health
Record
EIIP Team
Care Coordinator
+ MDT
Mobile Internet
+
N3 Network
Your Help
17. Sent: 25 March 2013 20:00
Subject: Sarah Amani
Hello,
We are the team at the Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health Services of the Vancouver
Island Health Authority in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada (it’s a mouthful – I know).
Our manager, Elaine Halsall, is very interested in the My Journey App project being
coordinated by Sarah Amani of NHS South East. Unfortunately, we are unable to find on-
line any contact information for Sarah; would it be possible to please pass this message on
to either Sarah herself or somebody else well-informed around the project? We are very
excited about what this type of tool could do for our service and would like to learn more
about it.
Many thanks,
Ben Vorst
Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health Services – Vancouver Island Health Authority
18. Dear Sarah
It was great to meet you yesterday and I really enjoyed your talk.
I’ve attached some background on the NIHR Mindtech Health Technology Co-operative (HTC). I would be very
interested to explore with you how the HTC might help support your exciting and important work.
I’d also like to invite you to speak at our HTC launch event in London on 27th
September. It would be a great
opportunity to disseminate your work with a national audience including clinicians, service users, academics,
NHS policy makers and the healthtech industry.
As you may know, I have just finished chairing the NICE Guideline for psychosis and schizophrenia in children
and young people. I would like to see innovations such as your formally evaluated in a way that could be
incorporated into future NICE Guidance.
Best regards, Chris
Professor Chris Hollis
Chair of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, NIHR MindTech Health Technology Co-operative (HTC)
University of Nottingham and Institute of Mental Health
Developmental Psychiatry
South Block, E Floor
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)115 823 0258
