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Tailoring evidence-based psychological therapy for people with common mental disorder including psychotic experiences work package 3d: a feasibility study

Addressing common mental disorder and psychotic experiences: a feasibility and preliminary effectiveness study of a training package for Step 3 CBT therapists in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN16318194
Enrollment
45
Registered
2019-03-26
Start date
2019-04-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-04-08

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Conditions

Mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Step 3 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training for therapists treating people experiencing common mental disorder with psychotic symptoms. The structured training programme includ
people who have scored above a threshold on the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) questionnaire, referred to as CAPE+. Following training, therapists will treat an average of 3 CAPE+

Sponsors

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. IAPT therapist - Training inclusion criteria: 1.1 Qualified Step 3 IAPT therapist. 1.2 Willing and able to participate in TYPPEX training and supervision. 2. IAPT User - pseudonymised clinical data collection inclusion criteria: 2.1 Accepted onto the IAPT caseload for therapy and therefore meet service specific inclusion criteria to access IAPT treatment, 2.2 Meet current criteria for IAPT Step 3 treatment, 2.3 Presence of psychotic experiences, according to CAPE-P15 cut-off values of 1.47 on both the frequency and distress sub-scales. 3. IAPT User - Health economic questionnaires inclusion criteria 3.1 Meets IAPT User Eligibility Criteria for pseudonymised clinical data collection 3.2 In the judgement of the treating therapist has sufficient proficiency in English to complete research questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. IAPT Therapist - Training exclusion criteria: 1.1 Has not completed Step 3 High Intensity IAPT training. 1.2 Works across more than one locality IAPT team. 2. IAPT User - pseudonymised clinical data collection exclusion criteria 2.1 Presence of mental disorder based on standard IAPT assessment meriting routine referral to NICE step 4 treatment, i.e. to secondary mental health services. 3. IAPT User Health Economic Questionnaires exclusion criteria: 3.1 None

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reliable Recovery proportion rate for people with psychotic experiences (the proportion of service users reaching scores below 10 in PHQ-9 and 8 in GAD-7) measured via scores on the routinely collected PHQ-9 and GAD-7 and additionally at 24 weeks post-therapy commencement.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Feasibility of collecting health economics data via the EQ-5D and Adult Service Use Schedule to inform definitive RCT 2. Recruitment rate of consented CAPE+ IAPT users for health economic data collection 3. Assessment of the most feasible and effective methods of collecting health economic data 4. Feasibility of using an adapted version of the Early Intervention in Psychosis Adult Service Use Schedule (EI-ADSUS) with the IAPT patient population

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactClare Knight
ck462@medschl.cam.ac.uk01223 337106

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026