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A Pilot Evaluation of Therapist Training in Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis: Therapy Quality and Clinical Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Suzanne Jolley ,
Juliana Onwumere ,
Sarah Bissoli ,
Pooja Bhayani ,
Gurpreet Singh ,
Elizabeth Kuipers ,
Tom Craig  and
Philippa Garety
Suzanne Jolley*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Juliana Onwumere
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Sarah Bissoli
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Pooja Bhayani
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Gurpreet Singh
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Elizabeth Kuipers
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Tom Craig
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Philippa Garety
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
*
Reprint requests to Suzanne Jolley, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, PO77 Department of Psychology, 16 de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Background: Historically, it has been difficult to demonstrate an impact of training in psychological interventions for people with psychosis on routine practice and on patient outcomes. A recent pilot evaluation suggested that postgraduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) increased the delivery of competent therapy in routine services. In this study, we evaluated clinical outcomes for patients receiving therapy from therapists who successfully completed training, and their association with ratings of therapist competence and therapy content. Aims: To characterize the therapy delivered during training and to inform both a calculation of effect size for its clinical impact, and the development of competence benchmarks to ensure that training standards are sufficient to deliver clinical improvement. Method: Paired patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) were extracted from anonymized therapy case reports, and were matched with therapy ratings for each therapist. Results: Twenty clients received a course of competent therapy, including a high frequency of active therapy techniques, from nine therapists. Pre–post effect size for change in psychotic symptoms was large (d = 1.0) and for affect, medium (d = 0.6), but improved outcomes were not associated with therapist competence or therapy content. Conclusions: Therapists trained to research trial standards of competence achieved excellent clinical outcomes. Therapy effect sizes suggest that training costs may be offset by clinical benefit. Larger, methodologically stringent evaluations of training are now required. Future research should assess the necessary and sufficient training required to achieve real-world clinical effectiveness, and the cost-effectiveness of training.

Keywords

Cognitive behavioural therapyCBTpsychosisschizophreniatrainingimplementation
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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , July 2015 , pp. 478 - 489
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2013 

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