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Social recovery therapy for young people with emerging severe mental illness: the Prodigy RCT

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posted on 2023-06-10, 02:30 authored by David FowlerDavid Fowler, Clio BerryClio Berry, Joanne Hodgekins, Robin BanerjeeRobin Banerjee, Garry Barton, Rory Byrne, Timothy Clarke, Rick Fraser, Kelly Grant, Kathryn GreenwoodKathryn Greenwood, Caitlin Notley, Sophie Parker, Lee Shepstone, Jon Wilson, Paul French
Background Young people with social disability and non-psychotic severe and complex mental health problems are an important group. Without intervention, their social problems can persist and have large economic and personal costs. Thus, more effective evidence-based interventions are needed. Social recovery therapy is an individual therapy incorporating cognitive–behavioural techniques to increase structured activity as guided by the participant’s goals. Objective This trial aimed to test whether or not social recovery therapy provided as an adjunct to enhanced standard care over 9 months is superior to enhanced standard care alone. Enhanced standard care aimed to provide an optimal combination of existing evidence-based interventions. Design A pragmatic, single-blind, superiority randomised controlled trial was conducted in three UK centres: Sussex, Manchester and East Anglia. Participants were aged 16–25 years with persistent social disability, defined as

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Published version

Journal

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England)

ISSN

1366-5278

Publisher

NIHR Journals Library

Issue

70

Volume

25

Page range

1-98

Event location

England

Department affiliated with

  • Primary Care and Public Health Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2022-02-03

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-02-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2022-02-02