Feasibility and challenges of inpatient psychotherapy for psychosis: lessons learned from a veterans health administration pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In large health care systems, decision regarding broad implementation of psychotherapies for inpatients with psychosis require substantial evidence regarding effectiveness and feasibility for implementation. It is important to recognize challenges in conducting research to inform such decisions, including difficulties in obtaining consent from and engaging inpatients with psychosis in research. We set out to conduct a feasibility and effectiveness Hybrid Type I pilot randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and a semi-formative evaluation of barriers and facilitators to implementation.

Findings

We developed a training protocol and refined an ACT treatment manual for inpatient treatment of psychosis for use at the Veterans Health Admin

SUBMITTER: Boden MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967502 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature