Reasoning and rehabilitation in mentally disordered offenders: a pilot randomised controlled trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN46561083
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN46561083
Protocol serial number	03/0367
Sponsor	The Institute of Psychiatry (UK)
Funder	Forensic Mental Health Research and Development Programme (Department of Health)

Submission date: 21/02/2006
Registration date: 05/05/2006
Last edited: 22/05/2012

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Thomas Fahy
Scientific

Forensic Mental Health Science
P O Box 23
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)207 848 0151
Email	t.fahy@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title
Study objectives	To evaluate the effectiveness of the reasoning and rehabilitation (R & R) programme in reducing antisocial behaviour among mentally disordered offenders.
Ethics approval(s)	Approved by Joint South London and Maudsley - Institute of Psychiatry Research Ethics Committee on 23/09/2004, reference number 111/04
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
Intervention	Reasoning and rehabilitation programme versus treatment as usual
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Measures of antisocial and problematic behaviour
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Crime pics II - measures change in attitude to offending 2. Rosezweig picture-frustration study - measures response to frustration and aggressive response to everyday stress 3. Gudjonsson blame attribution inventory - measures how offenders attribute blame for their criminal acts 4. Social problem solving inventory revised - self report measure of problem solving style 5. Historical, clinical and risk management-20 (HCR-20) - measures change in risk of violence to others 5. Davies reactivity scale - measures change in emotional responses 6. Novaco anger - measures change in irritability and anger to everyday stresses 7. Jumping to conclusions task - measures change in probabilistic reasoning
Completion date	31/05/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Male
Target sample size at registration	160
Key inclusion criteria	1. Male 2. Clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 3. Inpatient of adult forensic mental health service 4. A history of violent behaviour leading to current treatment episode
Key exclusion criteria	1. Intelligence quotient (IQ) less than 70 2. Score of greater than 4 on one of the P scales of positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) 4. Previously undergone R & R or similar programme
Date of first enrolment	01/06/2004
Date of final enrolment	31/05/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

Forensic Mental Health Science

London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/03/2012		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes