WELLFOCUS PPT - modified positive psychotherapy to improve well-being in psychosis: Study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schrank, Beate ^a,d   Riches, Simon ^a   Coggins, Tony ^b   Rashid, Tayyab ^c   Tylee, Andre ^a   Slade, Mike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intervention; Mental illness; Positive psychology; Positive psychotherapy; Psychosis; Randomised controlled trial; Recovery; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORE10; EMOTION; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH OF THE NATION OUTCOME SCALE; HOPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATIVE HOPE SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANCHESTER SHORT ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER REVIEW; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY INVENTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROGERS EMPOWERMENT SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SAVOURING BELIEFS INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSE OF COHERENCE SCALE; SHORT DEPRESSION HAPPINESS SCALE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WARWICK EDINBURGH MENTAL WELL BEING SCALE; WELLFOCUS POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902547073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-203     Document Type: Article

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