None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Individuals with intellectual disability experience around twice the rate of mental health difficulties than typically-developing individuals. Anxiety is a common problem, however not only will the majority of people with intellectual disability not receive specialist psychological services, there is a paucity of research on evidence-based treatment approaches for this population. This study will adapt a well-validated psychological treatment (cognitive behavioural therapy; CBT) for use with adults with mild intellectual disability and anxiety. This new treatment program will be evaluated to investigate whether it is effective in treating anxiety in adults with mild intellectual disability.
Interventions
The intervention will be a group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program for anxiety, which has been adapted for use with adults with intellectual disability. The group will run for 6 weeks, with weekly sessions approximately 1.5-2 hours long. Participants will be taught anxiety-management strategies such as cognitive challenging, and will be given home practice tasks to complete between sessions.
Sponsors
Lynette Roberts at the Centre for Disability Studies, affiliate of the University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants must have an intellectual disability, have verbal ability, can read and write short sentences to be able to complete the workbooks, and be aged 18 years old or above.
Exclusion criteria
Not having an intellectual disability, not having verbal ability, not being able to read or write short sentences, under 18 years old.
Outcome results
None listed