Primary Care Trial Efficacy of Alternative Modalities (PCTEAM)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Primary Care Trial Efficacy of Alternative Modalities (PCTEAM)
IRAS ID
147212
Contact name
Lydia Morris
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Manchester
Research summary
Problems with anxiety and depression can have a big impact on people’s lives. Effective treatments, which can be offered quickly, are important to help support people to address these and other common mental health problems. This research project aims to test if a recently developed group (the Take Control Course) can be helpful for people with a broad range of common mental health problems.
The Take Control Course has been tested before and been found to be helpful in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression and improving work and social functioning. However, we need to compare those accessing the Take Control Course intervention with similar people accessing individual interventions to find out which is more effective. We want to see how these two treatments compare in the short and longer term. The study will involve interviewing people to find out how they found the newer Take Control Course treatment and the things that they felt helped them improve. We will collect regular brief feedback on what participants liked about the Take Control Course and what they did not like and other comments they might have. We will also compare the costs of each treatment.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/0160
Date of REC Opinion
21 Mar 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion