Interruptions to therapy sessions on acute psychiatric wards; how frequent are they, and who does the interrupting?

Pamela Jacobsen

Psychosis, 2019, vol. 11, issue 2, 174-177

Abstract: Aim: To find out how often therapy sessions conducted on acute psychiatric wards are interrupted and who by.Methods: Interruptions or early endings to therapy sessions were recorded as part of a trial of a brief talking therapy for psychosis delivered on acute psychiatric wards.Results: Only a minority of therapy sessions were interrupted (19/146; 13%) or ended early (5/146; 3%). Interruptions most commonly came from staff (15/19; 79%) rather from other patients on the ward (4/19; 21%).Conclusions: These data show most inpatient therapy sessions can be completed as planned, and provide further support to the feasibility of delivering psychological therapies within these challenging clinical settings.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2019.1597382

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