Hearing voices Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Phase 1
Volunteers will be recruited from the 13 secondary schools within Thought-Full. We refer to these individuals as ‘volunteers’ to differentiate them from the ‘participants’ who will take part i
weekly contact between
the SMHL/key contact and the Thought-Full practitioners in the school can also highlight any key messages
working with schools to identify ways to promote to students and parents (e.g. student and parent mail outs
posters
assemblies
etc). Approximately 12 volunteers will be recruited for each of 3 groups: students, parents/carers and school staff. There will be approximately 36 volunteers in total.
All those who express an intere
Sponsors
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
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
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of feasibility: 1. The number of students, Plus 1s and teaching staff who offer to become participants 2. Amongst the students, Plus 1s and teaching staff offering to be participants, the number and proportion who are found to be eligible 3. The number and proportion of consenting participants who complete an intervention and offer full data sets 4. Feedback from volunteers and participants during Phases 3 and 4 on the content, structure and duration of the interventions 5. Feedback from practitioners during Phase 3 about the feasibility of intervention delivery for the MHST practitioners. 6. Feedback from volunteers during Phase 4 on the tools used to evaluate the impact of the interventions. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical measures of outcome - the selection of outcome measures for use in Phase 2 will be guided by the consultations with volunteers in Phase 1 | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed