INSITE - INpatient Suicide Intervention and Therapy Evaluation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A pilot study to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a cognitive behavioural suicide prevention therapy for people in acute psychiatric wards.
IRAS ID
126210
Contact name
Gillian Haddock
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Research summary
Suicide is a major cause of preventable death with patients in acute psychiatric wards being of particularly high suicide risk. Many patients experience repeated episodes of suicidal behaviour causing great mental distress and heavy use of NHS services. However there is little research investigating affective treatments to help patients address issues leading to suicide.
The aim of this study is to test whether it is feasible to introduce a course of a new talking therapy (Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention, CBSP)for suicide prevention for patients in acute psychiatric wards, who are a very high risk group in a setting where use of psychological therapies is uncommon and requires evaluation.
The study will be comprised over 36 months and will consist of 3 phases intended to inform suicide prevention policies and initiative, as well as to understand the potential barriers and solutions to the future implementation of a definitive trial.
Phase 1 will be a qualitative investigation, using qualitative focus groups/interviews with ward staff and qualitative interviews with patients, to access to acceptability and feasibility of the CBSP intervention. Phase 2 will be the intervention itself - a RCT (randomised controlled trial) of the CBSP intervention for patients to rest the feasibility of a full scale RCT. Phase 3 will be another qualitative investigation to explore the acceptability of the CBSP intervention with both patients and staff.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/NW/0504
Date of REC Opinion
21 Aug 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion