The INSPiRe Programme: Developing an Intensive Suicide Prevention Therapy for Suicidal Prisoners
- Conditions
- Suicide
- Interventions
- Other: INSPiRe Programme
- Registration Number
- NCT03499548
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Manchester
- Brief Summary
This study aims to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a short-term, intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) delivered to male prisoners who have thoughts of ending their lives.
- Detailed Description
10 hours of an adapted CBT therapy for suicide will be delivered across 2 weeks in 5 2 hour sessions to male prisoners. They will initially be assessed on several measures of mood, social support and suicidality. They will then undergo therapy. Following this they will be asked to re-completed the initial measures and a post-therapy interview to ascertain their thoughts on their experience of the therapy.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 13
- Aged over 21 years old.
- Has been managed under the Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork (ACCT) system within the last 1 month (including current ACCT review).
- Sufficient English language proficiency, as judged by the researcher, in order to complete psychometric questionnaires (i.e. adequate reading comprehension) and engage in intensive CBT programme (i.e. adequate verbal communication).
- Adult is able to provide informed consent as established during baseline clinical interview (BPS, 2006; MCA, 2005).
- Currently residing in HM Prison (and expected to remain there for at least six weeks; determined through staff and prisoner report).
- A primary organic disorder (indicated by prison medical staff report or records).
- Any current risk behaviour which would compromise the safety of others, as identified by prison staff.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention INSPiRe Programme 10 hours of intensive CBT for suicide will be delivered to male prisoners who are having thoughts of ending their lives. This will be delivered in 2 hours sessions, 5 times across 2 weeks.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) 20 minutes A measure of participant satisfaction with therapy
Discharge summary sheet 15 minutes Capturing individuals' adherence to the programme or discharge from it
Therapist Rating Form 20 minutes Giving an overall picture of each individual's engagement and progress during the study.
Post-intervention interview 1 hour Qualitative interview to explore the participant's experience of therapy
Therapist Session Summary 5 minutes Measuring levels of adherence and engagement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
HMP Risley
🇬🇧Warrington, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom