Hybrid: Integrating Virtual Reality, Neurofeedback and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Treatment of Hearing Voices in Young People
- Conditions
- Early psychosisSchizophreniaMental Health - SchizophreniaMental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624000357550
- Lead Sponsor
- Barnaby Nelson
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
1) Aged 15-25 years inclusive.
2) Sufficient fluency in English to engage in psychological therapy with an English-speaking therapist, and to understand the study assessments.
3) Ability to give informed consent and adhere to study procedures. Parental or guardian consent will be obtained for participants aged under 18 years.
4) Psychotic threshold AVH as measured by the Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental States (CAARMS; 5 or 6 on severity and greater than or equal to 4 on frequency for longer than one week; Yung et al., 2005)
5) A current rating of greater than or equal to 3 on the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS) hallucinations scale (Drake, Haddock, Tarrier, Bentall, & Lewis, 2007), corresponding to voices occurring at least once/hour. The purpose of this is to ensure that participants with reasonably frequent hallucinations are included in the study, as experience of symptoms during Hybrid sessions will optimise the study’s test of outcomes of interest.
Exclusion Criteria:
1) Documented history of head injury, seizures, or other significant neurological illness
2) Documented history of intellectual disability
3) Visual impairment precluding ability to view VR scenario
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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