The INSPiRe Programme: Developing an Intensive Suicide Prevention Therapy for Suicidal Prisoners

Suicide Clinical Trial

Official title:

The INSPiRe Programme: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Intensive Suicide Prevention Therapy in Prison

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03499548
• Other study ID #: 238927
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2019
• Source: University of Manchester
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a short-term, intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) delivered to male prisoners who have thoughts of ending their lives.

Description:

10 hours of an adapted CBT therapy for suicide will be delivered across 2 weeks in 5 2 hour sessions to male prisoners. They will initially be assessed on several measures of mood, social support and suicidality. They will then undergo therapy. Following this they will be asked to re-completed the initial measures and a post-therapy interview to ascertain their thoughts on their experience of the therapy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 13
• Est. completion date: April 26, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 26, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged over 21 years old.

• Has been managed under the Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork (ACCT) system within the last 1 month (including current ACCT review).

• Sufficient English language proficiency, as judged by the researcher, in order to complete psychometric questionnaires (i.e. adequate reading comprehension) and engage in intensive CBT programme (i.e. adequate verbal communication).

• Adult is able to provide informed consent as established during baseline clinical interview (BPS, 2006; MCA, 2005).

• Currently residing in HM Prison (and expected to remain there for at least six weeks; determined through staff and prisoner report).

Exclusion Criteria:

• A primary organic disorder (indicated by prison medical staff report or records).

• Any current risk behaviour which would compromise the safety of others, as identified by prison staff.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Suicide

Intervention

Other:
• INSPiRe Programme
Intensive CBT for suicide

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	HMP Risley	Warrington	Greater Manchester

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Manchester

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)	A measure of participant satisfaction with therapy	20 minutes
Primary	Therapist Session Summary	Measuring levels of adherence and engagement	5 minutes
Primary	Discharge summary sheet	Capturing individuals' adherence to the programme or discharge from it	15 minutes
Primary	Therapist Rating Form	Giving an overall picture of each individual's engagement and progress during the study.	20 minutes
Primary	Post-intervention interview	Qualitative interview to explore the participant's experience of therapy	1 hour