Support for young people who are distressed by hearing voices

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Hearing voices; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16395888
• Lead Sponsor: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2024-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 22 January 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 57

Inclusion Criteria

Volunteers (Phases 1 and 4):
1. Students – will be students within Years 7-11 (ages ranging from 11-16 years) at one of the 13 schools served by Thought-Full. There will be no criterion related to personal experience of hearing voices and/or mental health problems. The students will need to be willing and able to provide written informed assent. Assent to approach the student’s parent/carer will be required for all students. The parent/carer of the students will need to give written informed consent.
2. Parents – will be a parent of a student within Years 7-11 at one of the 13 schools served by Thought-Full. There will no criterion related to the student or the parent having personal experience of hearing voices and/or mental health problems. It will be permitted (but not required) for the parent’s child to be a volunteer within the student’s group.
3. School staff – will be permanent members of staff at one of the 13 schools served by Thought-Full. There will be no criterion related to the staff having pastoral responsibilities within the school.

Participants (students – Phases 2 and 3):
1. Attending one of the schools selected for participation in Phase 2
2. Within Years 7-11 of the selected schools
3. Willing and able to provide written, informed assent. Assent to approach the student’s parent/carer will be required for all students. The parent/carer of the student will need to give written informed consent.
4. Reporting a current voice hearing experience - operationalised by participants having a score of at least 1 on item 1 on the Hamilton Program for Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ)30 – indicating that the participant has experienced at least one episode of voice-hearing in the past week
5. Reporting that voice hearing experiences are causing distress – operationalised by a score of at least 8 (range from 0–16) on the negative impact scale of the HPSVQ
6. Not a volunteer within this study

Participants (Plus-1s – Phases 2 and 3):
1. Nominated by one of the student participants
2. Aged 16 years or over
3. Willing and able to provide written, informed consent.
4. Not a volunteer within this study
5. Not a student within secondary education.

Participants (school staff – Phases 2 and 3)
1. A member of permanent staff at one of the selected schools
2. Willing and able to provide written, informed consent
3. Not a volunteer within this study

Exclusion Criteria

Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified