Guided self-help CBT for voices

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Psychosis - schizophrenia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12748453
• Lead Sponsor: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37715255/ (added 18/09/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

1. In contact with Secondary Care Mental Health Services (under the care of a mental health team in one of the recruiting Trusts)
2. Have a clinician-reported diagnosis of psychosis
3. Aged 18 yeras or over
4. Willing to provide written, informed consent
5. Experiencing current voice-hearing; this will be operationalised by participants having a score of at least 1 on item 1 (‘Frequently’) on the Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale - Auditory Hallucinations Scale (PSYRATS-AH) at the time of consent – indicating that the participant has experienced at least one episode of voice-hearing in the past week
6. Scoring 3 or 4 (rated on a 0–4 scale) on either the intensity of distress item or the amount of distress item on PSYRATS-AH at the time of consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Established organic cause for distressing voices
2. Primary diagnosis of substance misuse
3. Currently detained in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act
4. Having completed a full course (minimum of 16 hours) of CBTp for psychotic symptoms during the past year
5. Immediate and serious risk to self or others (assessed at the point of referral/eligibility review).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified