The Street Smart Group: A Feasibility Trial of a Group Intervention Targeting Anxiety Processes i… (NCT02408198) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 2
The Street Smart Group: A Feasibility Trial of a Group Intervention Targeting Anxiety Processes in Paranoia
United Kingdom18 participantsStarted 2015-02
Plain-language summary
This study aims to evaluate a novel group psychological intervention targeting anxiety triggered by urban environments for people with paranoia.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Self reported worries about being harmed or at risk from others
* Non-affective psychosis(ICD10,F20-F29)
* Age 18-65
* Symptoms stable no major relapse or crisis in last 3 months prior to consent
* Sufficient command of English to provide informed consent, complete the measures and participate in the brief interventions
* Score above the cutoff for clinically significant levels of paranoia on the Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale (Green et al, 2008)
* Paranoia is triggered by being outside
Exclusion Criteria:
* Lack of capacity to provide informed consent
* Primary diagnosis of drug or alcohol use with secondary psychosis
* Primary diagnosis of mood disorder or bipolar affective disorder
* Primary diagnosis of learning difficulty
* Unstable residential arrangements (making a move away during the course of participation in the research likely)
What they're measuring
1
Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale (GPTS)
Timeframe: Assessed at baseline, at 6 weeks and 10 weeks