The effects of an Audio Visual Assisted Therapy Aid for Refractory auditory hallucinations (AVATAR therapy): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Craig, Tom K J ^a   Rus Calafell, Mar ^a   Ward, Thomas ^a   Fornells Ambrojo, Miriam ^b   McCrone, Paul ^a   Emsley, Richard ^c   Garety, Philippa ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Avatar; Psychosis; Therapy; Voices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; AUDIOVISUAL ASSISTED THERAPY AID; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORTIVE COUNSELLING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ENGLAND; HALLUCINATIONS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONDON; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF-CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938919068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0888-6     Document Type: Article

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