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Who Attends and Who Benefits from CBT “Self-Confidence” Workshops Run in Routine Practice? A Pilot Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2009

Marta Prytys ,
Kate Harman ,
Rachel Lee  and
June S. L. Brown
Marta Prytys*
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK
Kate Harman
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK
Rachel Lee
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK
June S. L. Brown
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
*
Reprint requests to Marta Prytys, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Background: This study examined characteristics of members of the public who self-referred and the effectiveness of psycho-educational CBT self-confidence workshops when run in routine practice. Method: Repeated measures were employed at pre- and post-workshop stages. Results: Of the 56 members of the general public who self-referred to the workshops, 70% were above the clinical cut-offs for Global Distress (CORE OM) and 86% were above the clinical cut offs for depression symptomatology (CES-D). Follow up data (n = 31) showed significant reduction in self-reported distress and depression at 4-week follow-up. A further analysis showed that those whose scores were above the clinical threshold at initial presentation benefited most but those with scores below the threshold did not seem to benefit. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that psycho-educational CBT workshops attract those with high levels of distress and depression, and have potential as a cost effective means of disseminating psychological interventions.

Keywords

DepressiondistressCBTself-referralself-confidencepsycho-educational
Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 585 - 593
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2009

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