Clinical trial NCT05377294: Acceptability and Feasibility of MOL in Acute Inpatient Units
Official title: Is Method of Levels (MOL) Therapy an Acceptable and Feasible Psychological Intervention for People in Acute Mental Health Inpatient Services: A Case Series.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Psychosis
Suicidal
Lead sponsor: University of Manchester
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-17
Enrollment: 14
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The current study aims to test the acceptability and feasibility of a psychological therapy called Method of Levels (MOL) as an intervention for people in acute psychiatric inpatient units who are experiencing psychosis and/or suicidality.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults over the age of 18 years
* Current service user in an acute inpatient ward in the Greater Manchester area
* Capacity to provide informed consent for participating in research
* Good command of English language
* WS1: Experiencing psychosis (this will be screened for using a clinical cut-off score on the CAPE (Mossaheb et al., 2012))
* WS2: Experiencing suicidality (this will be screened for using a cynical cut-off score on the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire - revised (SBQ-R) (Osman et al., 2001))

Exclusion Criteria:

* Problems of an organic nature or a learning disability that might affect cognitive functioning

Primary outcomes:
measure: Proportion of approved patients recruited
timeFrame: Study consent meeting, approx. 1 week after initial meeting
measure: Proportion of recruited patients retained
timeFrame: End of therapy interview
measure: Number of participants who receiving the intervention
timeFrame: End of first therapy session, approx. 2 weeks after initial meeting
measure: Acceptability (qualitative)
timeFrame: End of therapy interview
measure: Results of Novel Client Measure (descriptive)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Results of Outcome Rating Scale (descriptive)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Feasibility of adaptions required
timeFrame: Final follow up meeting with final participant, 3 months after consent
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
measure: Psychological Outcomes Profile (descriptive)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-OM (descriptive)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Reorganisation of Conflict Scale (descriptive)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (if experiencing psychosis at point of consent)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
measure: Linehan Reasons for Living Inventory (if experiencing suicidality at point of consent)
timeFrame: End of therapy research meeting
Locations:
city: Manchester
country: United Kingdom
facility: GMMH Park House
city: Manchester
country: United Kingdom
facility: GMMH: Laureate House
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Manchester
name: Sara Tai, DClinPsy
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Manchester
name: Yvonne Awenat, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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