A novel dialogical therapy (Talking With Voices) in comparison to treatment as usual in adults with distressing and persistent auditory hallucinations: A randomised controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of a treatment strategy targeted at trauma-related mechanisms

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

July 13, 2023

End Date

January 1, 2026

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•The study population are adult users of mental health services with severe mental health problems (SMHP) who hear persistent, distressing voices.
•1\. Aged \> \= 16 years
•2\. Heard voices for at least a year
•3\. Scoring \> \= 1 on item 8 of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales–Auditory Hallucinations Subscale (PSYRATS\-AH)
•4\. Able to provide written informed consent
•5\. Actively help\-seeking in relation to distressing voices
•6\. In contact with mental health services for \> \= 6 months
•7\. Willing and able to communicate with their voices and relay what the voices say to a therapist
•8\. Hear voices that are sufficiently personified to engage in dialogical work

•1\. At the immediate risk of harm to self or others
•2\. Currently receiving structured, individual psychological therapy
•3\. Non\-English speaking
•4\. Primary diagnosis of alcohol/substance dependence or autism spectrum disorder
•5\. Moderate/severe learning disability
•6\. Organic cause for VH
•7\. Homeless/of no fixed abode