Status:

COMPLETED

Recovery From Paranoia: a Qualitative Exploration

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oxford

Conditions:

Paranoia

Persecutory Delusion

Eligibility:

All Genders

16+ years

Brief Summary

Paranoia, the experience of undue or excessive mistrust, exists on a continuum which includes suspicious thoughts, ideas of reference, and persecutory delusions. Persecutory delusions refers to strong...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participant has recovered from the paranoia. This is defined as: A.) conviction in persecution beliefs is rated as less than 10% and B.) not experiencing significant distress related to paranoia and C.) currently scoring outside the clinical range of the revised Green et al., Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS; Freeman, 2019);
  • Participants should have had experiences of paranoia in the context of non-affective psychosis. This will be determined by participant's agreement that they previously had the sort of thoughts listed in the revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS; Freeman, 2019);
  • Participant is currently a patient of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust;
  • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study;
  • Aged 16 years or above;
  • Participant has sufficient English language skills to participate in the interview.

Exclusion

  • The following exclusion criteria will apply based on concerns regarding risk and capacity to consent:
  • Currently experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms which preclude ability to participate in a sustained interview;
  • Diagnosis of a moderate to severe intellectual disability;
  • High levels of associated risk to self or to others e.g. actively suicidal;
  • Primary diagnosis of alcohol or drug misuse; personality disorder; significant forensic history;
  • At the time of recruitment COVID-19 restrictions do not permit face-to-face interviews and the participant is not willing or able to conduct the interview remotely via video call.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 9 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 16 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04824781

Start Date

June 9 2021

End Date

February 16 2022

Last Update

May 19 2022

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 7JX