Treatment of aggression with Virtual Reality
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Forensic psychiatric inpatients with aggression regulation problemsMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN55538093
- Lead Sponsor
- Regional Forensic Psychiatric Clinic
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
1. Sentenced to forensic psychiatric care and are being treated as inpatients at a maximum security forensic psychiatric hospital in Sweden
2. History of aggression and/or current problems with reactive aggression
Exclusion Criteria
1. Inability to understand the meaning of participating in the study, and insufficient psychiatric status to provide informed consent
2. Insufficient skills in the Swedish language that impede active participation in all parts of the study
3. Epilepsy
4. Intellectual disabilities (IQ <70)
5. Autism spectrum disorder with severely impaired functioning
6. Acute psychotic state
7. Current and serious security risks that prevent safe participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Occurrence and severity of aggressive behaviours demonstrated by forensic psychiatric patients, assessed through staff reports using The Social Dysfunction and Aggression Scale-9, self-reports (Aggression Questionnaire-Revised Swedish Version; State-Trait Anger eXpression Inventory-2), and collected from medical files. Staff reports and information from medical files will be collected continuously from baseline (12 weeks prior to treatment start), through the treatment, and 12 weeks after completed treatment. Self-reports will be conducted directly before treatment start, directly after completed treatment, and 12 weeks after completed treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method