Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Philip Richardson
ORCID ID
Contact details
The Tavistock Clinic
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 74473834
prichardson@tavi-port.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
REC00079
Study information
Scientific title
Art therapy as an adjunctive treatment in severe mental illness: a randomised controlled evaluation
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Art Therapy (AT) offers a potential means to improve the quality of care of service users with long-term mental health problems and to enhance clinical outcome. It is widely used in the NHS yet, to date, it has been poorly evaluated.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention
1. 12 week art therapy
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
HONOS scales; Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; Social Functioning Scale; Lancashire Quality of Life Profile; Brief Symptom Inventory; Satisfaction with Services; Art Therapy Engagement and Evaluation Scales.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/1997
Overall trial end date
01/12/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Mental Health users currently in active contact with the community mental health teams (CMHTs) with the Lewisham and Guys Mental Health NHS Trust.
2. Diagnosis of psychosis
3. National Audit Categories A or B
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Organic illness
2. Referral to AT services in previous 2 years
3. Currently receiving another formal psychological treatment
4. Current admission to inpatient care
Recruitment start date
01/12/1997
Recruitment end date
01/12/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
The Tavistock Clinic
London
NW3 5BA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list