Recovery Therapy Trial

Melbourne Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia

Mood Disorders

Treatments

Behavioral: Recovery Therapy (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00239122

E00013

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Sex

All

Ages

16 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No 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