Hackett, S.S. orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-5991, Foscarini-Craggs, P. orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-696X, Aafjes-van Doorn, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-5897 et al. (10 more authors) (2025) Secure care hospital evaluation of manualised interpersonal art-psychotherapy (SCHEMA): A randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research, 5. 21. ISSN 2633-4402
Abstract
Background
Within the criminal Justice System in the UK one-third of prisoners self-identified as having a learning difficulty and/or disability. This is broadly consistent with formal assessment of the needs of offenders, with 29% of the offender population having a learning disability. In the UK, NHS and private/independent sector secure care (Forensic) provides assessment and treatment for men and women who have come into contact within the Criminal Justice System and have mental health needs, a personality disorder, and/a learning disability. Patients in these services are often detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and/or have licence conditions that have been set by the Ministry of Justice.
Interpersonal art psychotherapy was developed within secure care as an accessible psychological intervention for adults with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning. A feasibility randomised controlled trial of interpersonal art psychotherapy showed that assessment of key feasibility objectives were met and the trial procedures were acceptable, indicating progression to a definitive trial.
Methods
This is a two-arm single blind randomised controlled trial of effectiveness comparing manualised interpersonal art psychotherapy and Usual Care (UC) to UC. The Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) will be conducted in a minimum of 10 secure care hospitals (NHS & Independent) with secure care (Forensic) facilities and will recruit 150 participants. The trial design includes an integrated assessment of cost-effectiveness.
Results
Individuals with intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning were involved in the design and set up of the trial. The trial is currently open to recruitment for participants from eight NHS and private/independent secure care sites in the UK.
Conclusions
A full report of study results will be published on completion of the trial.
The trial has been registered
ISRCTN57406593 (ISRCTN registry, 2024). This published protocol corresponds with version 6, dated 12.08.2024.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 Hackett SS et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Applied and Developmental Psychology; Law In Context; Human Society; Law and Legal Studies; Psychology; Social Work; Rehabilitation; Mental Health; Brain Disorders; Clinical Research; Behavioral and Social Science; Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities; Psychological and behavioural; Individual care needs; Mental health |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NIHR301264 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2025 16:43 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2025 16:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
Identification Number: | 10.3310/nihropenres.13801.1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224594 |
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