Art therapy as an adjunctive treatment in severe mental illness: a randomised controlled evaluation

ISRCTN	ISRCTN47719261
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN47719261
Secondary identifying numbers	REC00079

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Prof Philip Richardson
Scientific

The Tavistock Clinic
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)20 74473834
Email	prichardson@tavi-port.nhs.uk

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title	Art therapy as an adjunctive treatment in severe mental illness: a randomised controlled evaluation
Study objectives	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(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention	1. 12 week art therapy 2. Standard care
Intervention type	Other
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 study start date	01/12/1997
Completion date	01/12/1999

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key 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
Key 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
Date of first enrolment	01/12/1997
Date of final enrolment	01/12/1999

The Tavistock Clinic

London
NW3 5BA
United Kingdom

NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Government

NHS Executive London (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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28/11/2019: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.