CREATE - DiT
Research type
Research Study
Full title
cReative psychological Evidence-bAsed intervention to support the wellbeing of doctors-in-Training – fEasibility study
IRAS ID
339595
Contact name
Vicky Karkou
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 23 days
Research summary
This study aims to establish feasibility of delivering and evaluating a creative psychological intervention for self-care to doctors in training.
Arts for the Blues is a manualised group treatment which utilises best practices from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), counselling for depression, psychodynamic psychotherapy and arts psychotherapies. The model is offered over twelve 90-minute sessions and is comprised of eight key ingredients which are delivered through diverse forms of creative engagement such as visual arts, music, dance and movement, drama and creative writing.
This study will deliver the ingredients over 2 x 3 hour sessions and will use six of the eight ingredients of the Arts for the Blues model as follows:
• Encouraging active engagement
• Learning skills
• Developing relationships
• Expressing emotions
• Experimenting with different ways of being
• Integrating useful material
The programmes will be facilitated by psychotherapists trained in the Arts for the Blues model. It is expected that creative methods will support engagement, enable non-verbal opportunities for recovery and contribute towards the attractiveness, acceptability and value of the Programmes. Ongoing research suggests Arts for the Blues is a useful group intervention for service users, however further evaluation of the model is needed to support the mental wellbeing for Doctors in Training.Arts for the Blues is a manualised group treatment which utilises best practices from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), counselling for depression, psychodynamic psychotherapy and arts psychotherapies. The model is offered over twelve 90-minute sessions and is comprised of eight key ingredients which are delivered through diverse forms of creative engagement such as visual arts, music, dance and movement, drama and creative writing.
This study will deliver the ingredients over 2 x 3 hour sessions and will use six of the eight ingredients of the Arts for the Blues model as follows:
• Encouraging active engagement
• Learning skills
• Developing relationships
• Expressing emotions
• Experimenting with different ways of being
• Integrating useful material
The Intervention will be facilitated by psychotherapists trained in the Arts for the Blues model. It is expected that creative methods will support engagement, enable non-verbal opportunities for recovery and contribute towards the attractiveness, acceptability and value of the Intervention. Ongoing research suggests Arts for the Blues is a useful group intervention, however further evaluation of the model is needed.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
24/NS/0019
Date of REC Opinion
1 Mar 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion