The RESTART trial: psychological therapies for trauma in people with an At Risk Mental State
Overview
This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.
We are conducting a new clinical trial to see if it would be useful to offer Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), for people who have experienced distressing life events and psychological difficulties.
Summary
What is the study about?
Many people with unusual experiences (such as hearing unusual sounds or murmurs, feeling like something is different or not quite right, periods of confusion, or feeling unsafe) have experienced distressing life events in their past, which can affect their wellbeing.
These traumatic experiences can have a lasting effect, including upsetting memories, thoughts and feelings, flashbacks and nightmares. Talking therapies can help improve mental health difficulties, but some forms of therapy do not always consider the distressing life events that people have experienced.
In this clinical trial, we are trying to see if psychological therapies can be acceptable and helpful to these people.
What are you trying to find out?
This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.
We are conducting a new clinical trial to see if it would be useful to offer Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), for people who have experienced distressing life events and psychological difficulties.
EMDR is used as a therapy for people who have experienced traumatic life events and mental health difficulties that result from traumatic life experiences. Similarly, Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), is used as a therapy for people who have had distressing life experiences and mental health difficulties that result from traumatic life experiences.
We still do not know which of the therapies could be most helpful for people who have had distressing life experiences and have unusual experiences as aforementioned. We want to find out if therapy for distressing life experiences is helpful and acceptable for these people.
This project will help us to understand if EMDR and TF-CBT are safe and can be helpful for people who have unusual experiences, by comparing a number of patients who receive sessions of EMDR, patients who receive TF-CBT, and patients who only receive their usual care, over a nine-month therapy period.
Why is it important?
This project will help us to understand if EMDR and TF-CBT are safe and can be helpful for people who have unusual experiences, by comparing a number of patients who receive sessions of EMDR, patients who receive TF-CBT, and patients who only receive their usual care, over a nine-month therapy period.
How can I find out more?
You can find out more information about this study by visiting the Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit's (C-TRU) website here.
This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.
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Meet the researcher
Filippo VareseAssociate Director of Research & Innovation
My name is Filippo. I am Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester. In GMMH, I am also an Associate Director for Research & Innovation and the Director of the Complex Trauma & Resilience Research Unit. Most of my work focusses on developing new therapies that could help people who struggle with a range of unusual experiences and distressing beliefs that have been brought about by difficult or traumatic life experiences.
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