Abstract
Aim:
To find out how often therapy sessions conducted on acute psychiatric wards are interrupted and who by.
Methods:
Interruptions or early endings to therapy sessions were recorded as part of a trial of a brief talking therapy for psychosis delivered on acute psychiatric wards.
Results:
Only a minority of therapy sessions were interrupted (19/146; 13%) or ended early (5/146; 3%). Interruptions most commonly came from staff (15/19; 79%) rather from other patients on the ward (4/19; 21%).
Conclusions:
These data show most inpatient therapy sessions can be completed as planned, and provide further support to the feasibility of delivering psychological therapies within these challenging clinical settings.
To find out how often therapy sessions conducted on acute psychiatric wards are interrupted and who by.
Methods:
Interruptions or early endings to therapy sessions were recorded as part of a trial of a brief talking therapy for psychosis delivered on acute psychiatric wards.
Results:
Only a minority of therapy sessions were interrupted (19/146; 13%) or ended early (5/146; 3%). Interruptions most commonly came from staff (15/19; 79%) rather from other patients on the ward (4/19; 21%).
Conclusions:
These data show most inpatient therapy sessions can be completed as planned, and provide further support to the feasibility of delivering psychological therapies within these challenging clinical settings.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 174-177 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Psychosis |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 16 Apr 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Wards
- inpatients
- mental health services
- psychosis
- psychotherapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health