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Reasoning and rehabilitation in mentally disordered offenders: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN46561083
Enrollment
160
Registered
2006-05-05
Start date
2004-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

Interventions

Reasoning and rehabilitation programme versus treatment as usual

Sponsors

The Institute of Psychiatry (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male 2. Clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 3. Inpatient of adult forensic mental health service 4. A history of violent behaviour leading to current treatment episode

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Intelligence quotient (IQ) less than 70 2. Score of greater than 4 on one of the P scales of positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) 4. Previously undergone R & R or similar programme

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Measures of antisocial and problematic behaviour

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Crime pics II - measures change in attitude to offending 2. Rosezweig picture-frustration study - measures response to frustration and aggressive response to everyday stress 3. Gudjonsson blame attribution inventory - measures how offenders attribute blame for their criminal acts 4. Social problem solving inventory revised - self report measure of problem solving style 5. Historical, clinical and risk management-20 (HCR-20) - measures change in risk of violence to others 5. Davies reactivity scale - measures change in emotional responses 6. Novaco anger - measures change in irritability and anger to everyday stresses 7. Jumping to conclusions task - measures change in probabilistic reasoning

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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