Follow up CBT for anxiety and depression in adults with ID - V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A three year follow-up of Manualised individual cognitive behavioural therapy (M-iCBT) for mood disorders in patients with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (ID): a prospective cohort study.
IRAS ID
174289
Contact name
Angela Hassiotis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Database and Information Officer & UCL Sponsor Representative Joint Research Office UCL
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 20 days
Research summary
A three year follow-up of Manualised individual cognitive behavioural therapy (M-iCBT) for mood disorders in patients with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (ID). In 2010 Hassiotis et al (2014) conducted a study to investigate whether an adapted form of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) was more effective in reducing depression and/or anxiety in adults with mild to moderate ID compared to treatment as usual. The CBT used was a manualised individual CBT (M-iCBT) which was specifically developed for individuals with ID. The M-iCBT provides a manual for therapists outlining the thinking and communicating styles of those with ID and uses simpler language and pictures as a way to make CBT more accessible and understandable to patients. This research is important as previous literature suggests that those with ID are at a higher risk of developing mood disorders than the general population. Moreover, CBT is the treatment of choice for those with ID and a common mental disorder (i.e. depression). However, only a few studies have researched the effectiveness of CBT for those with ID and a mood disorder in which the findings had many limitations.
Despite this, the 2011 study investigating M-iCBT is the only study so far testing the therapy's effectiveness and found positive results producing lower depression and anxiety scores in adults with ID compared to treatment as usual. For this reason, it is important to assess whether this therapy has long term beneficial results in reducing depression and/or anxiety in patients with ID to support the potential use of the therapy in the future.
The participants involved in the study would be the 32 patients involved in the Hassiotis et al 2010 study along with their current carer. The study will be conducted within the Camden and Islington Foundation Trust.REC name
South East Scotland REC 01
REC reference
15/SS/0063
Date of REC Opinion
30 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion