Improving self-confidence in people who have worries about others

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Schizophrenia, Psychosis; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Schizophrenia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN06118265
• Lead Sponsor: Oxford University (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09-10
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. A current persecutory delusion as defined by Freeman and Garety (2000)
2. Scoring at least 3 on the conviction scale of the PSYRATS (Haddock et al., 1999)
3. That the delusion has persisted for at least three months; a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or delusional disorder (i.e. a diagnosis of non-affective psychosis (F2) in the International Classification of Diseases and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV)
4. Negative beliefs about the self (as indicated by endorsing at least one negative schematic belief on the Brief Core Schema Scale (Fowler et al., 2006))
5. Aged between 18 and 70
6. Where major changes in medication are being made, entry to the study would not occur until at least a month after stabilisation of dosage
7. Male & female participants

Exclusion Criteria

1. A primary diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependency
2. Organic syndrome or learning disability
3. A command of spoken English inadequate for engaging in therapy or the assessments
4. Currently having individual CBT (though previous experience of CBT is not an exclusion)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified