Optimising AVATAR therapy for distressing voices
- Conditions
- People with schizophrenia spectrum disorder or affective disorder with psychotic symptoms who have been experiencing distressing voices for longer than 6 months.Mental and Behavioural DisordersSchizophrenia spectrum disorder or affective disorder with psychotic symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN55682735
- Lead Sponsor
- King's College London
- Brief Summary
2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34034792/ (added 27/05/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 345
1. Aged 18+ years
2. Currently under the care of a specialist mental health team (inpatient and outpatient settings)
3. Have current frequent and distressing voices, (as measured by a score of at least 2 on the sum of the intensity of distress and frequency items of the PSYRATS (Voices) scale), persisting for at least 6 months and in a language spoken by the therapist
4. Speak and read English to a sufficient level to provide consent and complete the assessment procedures
5. A clinical diagnosis of Schizophrenia spectrum disorder (ICD10 F20-29) or affective disorder with psychotic symptoms (ICD-10 F30–39, subcategories with psychotic symptoms)- as determined by clinical records
1. Primary diagnosis of substance disorder, personality disorder or learning disability
2. Lacking capacity to consent
3. Profound visual/hearing impairment or insufficient comprehension of English to be able to engage in assessment or therapy
4. Currently undertaking individual psychological therapy for voices
5. Currently experiencing an acute mental health crisis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Distress associated with voices as measured by the Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale- Auditory Hallucinations at 16 and 28 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method