Making sense of voices

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing voices; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN54370851
• Lead Sponsor: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2019 results in https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2018.1559874 (added 26/06/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-08
• Study Completion: 2016-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 6 July 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be eligible if they:
1. Report currently distressing voices as determined by a rating of 2 or above on the ‘Intensity of Distress’ item on the PSYRATS scale
2. Has had recorded contact and treatment from mental health services at the point of recruitment
3. Aged 18-65
4. No significant history of organic, or drug/alcohol factors implicated in the aetiology of psychotic symptoms
5. English speaking
6. Provides informed patient consent
7. Not receiving care from a learning disability service
8. Has a fixed abode. Having a fixed abode is operationalised as having a current address (including B&B or open access hostel) and evidence (e.g. from key worker) indicating that the person is more likely than not to have a reliable address throughout the 2 years. Although the exclusion of those with no fixed abode may limit the sample, this is a necessary restriction to avoid inevitable sample attrition from this group

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to provide informed consent
2. Unable to communicate sufficiently in English
3. Of no fixed abode

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified