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Saini, P, Hunt, A, Taylor, P, Mills, C, Clements, C, Mulholland, H, Kullu, C, Hann, M, Duarte, R, Mattocks, F, Guthrie, E and Gabbay, M (2021) Community Outpatient Psychotherapy Engagement Service for Self-harm (COPESS): a feasibility trial protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7 (1). ISSN 2055-5784
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: People who self-harm are at high risk for future suicide and often suffer considerable emotional distress. Depression is common among people who self-harm and may be an underlying driver of self-harm behaviour. Self-harm is often repeated, and risk of repetition is highest immediately after an act of self-harm. Readily accessible brief talking therapies show promise in helping people who self-harm, but further evaluation of these approaches is needed. A brief talking therapy intervention for depression and self-harm has been designed for use in a community setting. This mixed methods feasibility study with repeated measures will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Community Outpatient Psychological Engagement Service for Self-Harm (COPESS) for people with self-harm and depression in the community, compared to routine care. METHODS: Sixty participants with a history of self-harm within the last six months, who are also currently depressed, will be recruited to take part in a feasibility single-blind randomised controlled trial (RCT). Participants will be randomised 1:1 to receive COPESS plus treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU alone. Recruitment will be via General Practitioners (GP) and self-referral. Assessment of feasibility and acceptability will be assessed via quantitative and qualitative methods including measures of recruitment and retention to the feasibility trial, participants' experience of therapy, completion/completeness of outcome measures at relevant time-points and completion of a service use questionnaire. DISCUSSION: The results will indicate whether it is feasible to conduct a definitive full trial to determine whether COPESS is a clinically and cost effective intervention for people who self-harm in the community. Qualitative and quantitative data will in addition help identify potential strengths and/or challenges of implementing brief community-based interventions for people who self-harm. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04191122 registered 9th December 2019.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | BMC (Part of Springer Nature) |
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| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2021 11:36 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 05:05 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1186/s40814-021-00902-3 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15435 |
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