IF-CBT Trial: Combined individual and family CBT compared with TAU V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Combined individual and family therapy in comparison to treatment as usual for people at risk of psychosis: A feasibility study.
IRAS ID
199341
Contact name
Sarah Leo
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Greater Manchester Mental health NHS Foundation Trust
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN42478021
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The onset of psychosis is a major challenge for everyone involved in his or her care. When people develop psychosis, there is a large cost in terms of suffering; burden; lost output and treatment. The NHS is keen to look at treatments that may stop someone developing problems. Prevention is preferable because it is usually more acceptable and is generally associated with fewer side effects. It can also be more cost effective to provide prevention-based treatments.
It is now possible to identify people who are considered to have an At Risk Mental State (ARMS) for psychosis. About one third will develop a full psychosis over 3 years. We now want to look at treatments that can reduce the number of people who develop psychosis. We have used individual treatment in the past, which has been very successful. But we want to do more. We want to find out if adding family therapy as well as providing individual treatment is helpful.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0278
Date of REC Opinion
26 May 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion