Barriers to disseminating brief CBT for voices from a lived experience and clinician perspective.

ABSTRACT: Access to psychological therapies continues to be poor for people experiencing psychosis. To address this problem, researchers are developing brief interventions that address the specific symptoms associated with psychosis, i.e., hearing voices. As part of the development work for a brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) intervention for voices we collected qualitative data from people who hear voices (study 1) and clinicians (study 2) on the potential barriers and facilitators to implementation and engagement. Thematic analysis of the responses from both groups revealed a number of anticipated barriers to implementation and engagement. Both groups believed the presenting problem (voices and psychosis symptoms) may impede engagement. Furthermore clinicians identified a lack of resources t

SUBMITTER: Hazell CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5456317 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature