Status:
COMPLETED
Psychological Therapy for Dissociation, Trauma and Voices: A Single Case Experimental Design
Lead Sponsor:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Glasgow
Conditions:
Dissociation
Auditory Hallucination
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Connection to Environment with Cognitive Therapy (CONNECT): A Single-Case Experimental Design Exploring Dissociative Experiences and Voices Emerging empirical evidence has suggested that dissociation...
Detailed Description
1. Purpose and Design: We will use a single case experimental design (SCED). This approach is common in early stage studies when exploring whether an intervention creates therapeutic change, typic...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Voices: Hearing a voice/voices for a minimum of six months. Score ≥ 2 (i.e. "Voices occurring at least once a day") on the frequency item of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scale (PSYRATS). Score ≥ 3 (i.e. "Voices are very distressing, although subject could feel worse") on the distress intensity rating of the PSYRATS.
- Trauma: Score ≥ 1 on any of the items of the Brief Betrayal Trauma Survey-14 (BBTS-14) assessing lifetime exposure to interpersonal trauma.
- Dissociation: Dissociative Experiences Scale Taxon (DES-T) score suggestive of clinical levels of dissociative symptoms, as indicated by a score \> 20.
- Treatment motivation: Indicated that they consider voices and dissociation as a presenting difficulty, and that they would like to receive a psychological intervention specifically designed to address these difficulties. This will be assessed using four items integrated in the PSYRATS interview administered and the self-reported therapy goals generated through the initial assessment in the GPTS.
- Capacity to provide informed consent.
- Deemed to have sufficient English to engage in therapy or have access to an appropriate interpreter within the GPTS.
Exclusion
- Concurrently receiving another form of psychological intervention.
- Cognitive impairment that may impact ability to consent and/or engage.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 11 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 21 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
6 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04127526
Start Date
September 11 2019
End Date
September 21 2020
Last Update
October 14 2020
Active Locations (1)
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NHS GG&C Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service (The Anchor)
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G51 1DH