Smartphone-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy for young people with distressing voices
- Conditions
- auditory verbal hallucinations (transdiagnostically)
- Registration Number
- DRKS00026243
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD) Bern, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie (KJP), Lehre und Forschung
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 154
1) aged 14 to 25 years;
2) experiencing current and persisting AVH defined as a score of 1 (voices occur at least once a week”) or above on the frequency item (no. 1) of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales-Auditory Hallucinations subscale (PSYRATS-AH);
3) experiencing distress due to voices, defined as a score of 2 (a minority of voices is distressing (< 50%)” / voices are moderately distressing”) or above on either of the distress items - amount of distress (no. 8) or intensity of distress (no. 9) - of the PSYRATS-AH;
4) written informed consent
1) insufficient conduct of German;
2) AVH with an organic cause (e.g., brain disease or injury);
3) acute risk of harm to self or others that requires immediate crisis intervention;
4) inability to give informed consent and/or adhere with the study procedure;
5) currently receiving psychological treatment that specifically addresses hearing voices (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy for voices);
6) intellectual disability
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Distress dimension of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales Auditory Hallucinations subscale (PSYRATS-AH) assessed after the intervention phase (T1)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method voice-related distress (Distress subscale of the PSYHRATS-AH) at the 6-month follow-up (T2)<br><br>perceived hostile intent and power of voices <br>(Persecutory Beliefs subscales of the Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire; BAVQ-R) after the intervention phase (T1) and at the 6-month follow-up (T2)<br><br>perceived voice dominance (Voice and You-Revised; VAY-R) after the intervention phase (T1) and at the 6-month follow-up (T2)<br><br>passive, aggressive, and assertive relating to voices (Assertive Responding to Voices, AppRoVE – Voices) after the intervention phase (T1) and at the 6-month follow-up (T2)<br><br>negative core beliefs about the self (Brief Core Schema Scales, BCSS) after the intervention phase (T1) and at the 6-month follow-up (T2)<br>