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The acceptability and feasibility of a cognitive behavioural therapy managing emotions group on a male psychiatric intensive care unit: a mixed methods evaluation
Davies, Meghan Pipkin, Alastair
Davies, Meghan
Pipkin, Alastair
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Research suggests that the provision of psychological interventions within acute inpatient settings is effective and important for improving clinical outcomes. There remains limited research on the application of such interventions for individuals admitted to psychiatric intensive care units (PICU), and notably none for male-only PICU environments specifically. Two published protocols have been evaluated in female and mixed gender PICU settings, one a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) anger management group and one dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills group. No studies have reported on a general CBT-based group in a male PICU. This study aimed to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a CBT-based managing emotions skills group, delivered in brief 30-minute sessions, within a 7-bed male PICU. All individuals admitted to the PICU during the study period were invited to attend a five-session group. A mixed methods design was used incorporating measuring attendance and retention, a pre–post quasi-experimental design and a qualitative component. Pre- and post-group self-report outcome measures of calmness, anxiety, recovery, and qualitative feedback were gathered and analysed. Pre- and post-outcome measures demonstrate significant improvements in calmness and reduction in anxiety following attendance. Attendance, retention and qualitative feedback data suggests that the group was acceptable and feasible for the participants. Initial findings suggest that adapted CBT skills group-based interventions tailored to the male PICU population are acceptable, feasible, and beneficial to participants. The clinical and research implications are discussed.
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2024
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Hospitals, Psychiatric, Cognitive Therapy, Mental Disorders, Psychotherapy, Group, Emotions
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Davies, M. and Pipkin, A. (2024) The acceptability and feasibility of a cognitive behavioural therapy managing emotions group on a male psychiatric intensive care unit: a mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care 20 (1) pp. 29-34. https://doi.org/10.20299/jpi.2023.008
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© The Author(s) 2023. This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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