Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Trial design
The study will involve a randomised controlled feasibility trial with two parallel groups. Sixty participants will be randomised at a ratio of 1:1 to either 12 sessions A4B (active arm) o
Sponsors
University of Salford
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 110 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Must be registered with a GP in Greater Manchester 2. Must be 18 years old or older 3. Must have/had depression or symptoms of depression (assessed by PHQ9 > 5) 4. Is interested in taking part in group work 5. Is interested in taking part in the creative interventions. 6. Must be able to communicate in English 7. Willing to be randomised to A4B or TAU
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Receiving concurrent active psychological therapy, including structured psychological therapies such as CBT, EMDR or counselling. Other forms of support, such as support groups, skills groups, seeing a clinician for informal support or medication advice, or engaging in self-help materials, will not be an exclusion criterion 2. Participating in another current clinical trial involving psychological therapy 3. Currently at high (imminent or immediate) risk of harming self and others (determined by the presence of suicidal intent and/or plan and marked as ‘current’ and ‘high’ in related sections of MINI neuropsychiatric interview (Sheehan, 1998)) 4. Current alcohol or substance use disorder (determined by a ‘severe’ score in related sections of the MINI neuropsychiatric interview (Sheehan, 1998)) 5. Those who are psychologically or physically too unwell to attend the group or/ and are presenting with any condition which would make participation in the group difficult, such as current, active episode of psychosis or mania or have symptoms associated with personality disorder (determined by related sections of MINI neuropsychiatric interview (Sheehan, 1998), Zanarini BPD Scale (Zanarini, 2003) and/or existing diagnosis). History of the above difficulties will not be an exclusion criterion, if clients don’t have current symptoms
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactJo Omylinska-Thurston
Outcome results
None listed