Mild/moderate mental health difficulties Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
1. Usual care with 6-month follow-up
2. Usual care plus 12 sessions of telephone T-CBT delivered by graduate mental health workers, with 6-month follow-up
Sponsors
University of Manchester (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Working adults aged 18 years and greater, either sex 2. Employed by a large UK communications company 3. Registered as absent from work due to mild/moderate mental health difficulties 4. Currently on sick leave of between 8 and 90 days as authorised by GP certificate
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe or complex mental health problems (i.e. psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], co-morbid personality disorder) 2. Degenerative cognitive disorders 3. Substance misuse 4. Active suicidal ideation or self-harm
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mental health symptom severity quantified by the 34-item Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) at baseline, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Presence of anxiety and depressive-related symptoms quantified by the 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 2. Self-rated functioning quantified by the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) 3. Self-rated work productivity measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) Health and Work Performance Questionnaire Measured at baseline, 3 months and 6 months follow-up. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed