Recovery Therapy Trial

Applicability of CBT to Unselected Mental Health Service Clients With Psychotic Disorders

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00239122

Enrollment

Registered

2005-10-14

Start date

2000-06-30

Completion date

2004-02-29

Last updated

2005-10-14

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Conditions

Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia

Keywords

Cognitive Therapy, Psychotic Disorders, Treatment Outcome

Brief summary

This project will systematically apply a specialist version of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), known as Recovery Therapy, to a random sample of patients with psychotic disorders. Previously, the therapy has been developed and efficacy established, but the extent of applicability to (unselected) mental health service patients is unknown. The main aim is to establish the extent to which this therapy is acceptable and effective for mental health service clients. A secondary aim is to develop guidelines for the conduct of such therapy in public mental health settings.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALRecovery Therapy (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* acceptance by the participating Community Mental Health Services for case management * a preliminary DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, mood disorder with psychotic features, or delusional disorder * a recovery need in one of the areas addressed by the therapy

Exclusion criteria

* a preliminary DSM-IV diagnosis of brief psychotic disorder, drug-induced psychosis, mood disorder without hallucinations or delusions, or any other disorder (eg. personality disorder, PTSD) even where psychotic features are/have been present * non-English speaking * comorbid intellectual disability

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To determine the applicability of cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in the real world setting of ordinary mental health services	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To establish rates of uptake of Recovery Therapy amongst clients at a community mental health service	—
To establish effectiveness of therapy in clients who received a defined length of therapeutic contact (12-24 sessions)	—
To identify factors predicting uptake and effectiveness	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026