PMID- 19765353 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091230 LR - 20191210 IS - 1469-1833 (Electronic) IS - 1352-4658 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 5 DP - 2009 Oct TI - Recovery After Psychosis (RAP): a compassion focused programme for individuals residing in high security settings. PG - 511-26 LID - 10.1017/S1352465809990233 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a recovery group intervention based on compassionate mind training, for individuals with psychosis. In particular, the objective was to improve depression, to develop compassion towards self, and to promote help seeking. METHOD: A within-subjects design was used. Participants were assessed at the start of group, mid-group (5 weeks), the end of the programme and at 6 week follow-up. Three group programmes were run over the course of a year. Nineteen participants commenced the intervention and 18 completed the programme. RESULTS: Significant improvements were found on the Social Comparison Scale; the Beck Depression Inventory; Other As Shamer Scale; the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory and the General Psychopathology Scale from the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. CONCLUSIONS: The results provide initial indications of the effectiveness of a group intervention based on the principles of compassionate focused therapy for this population. The findings of this study, alongside implications of further research are discussed. FAU - Laithwaite, Heather AU - Laithwaite H AD - The State Hospital, Carstairs, Scotland. heather.laithwaite@ggc.scot.nhs.uk FAU - O'Hanlon, Martin AU - O'Hanlon M FAU - Collins, Padraig AU - Collins P FAU - Doyle, Patrick AU - Doyle P FAU - Abraham, Lucy AU - Abraham L FAU - Porter, Shauneen AU - Porter S FAU - Gumley, Andrew AU - Gumley A LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090921 PL - United States TA - Behav Cogn Psychother JT - Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy JID - 9418292 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Bipolar Disorder/psychology/*therapy MH - Commitment of Mentally Ill MH - Depressive Disorder/psychology/therapy MH - *Empathy MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Hospitals, State MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - Patient Education as Topic MH - Personality Assessment/statistics & numerical data MH - Personality Inventory MH - Pilot Projects MH - Prisoners/*psychology MH - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data MH - Psychometrics MH - Psychotherapy, Group/*methods MH - Psychotic Disorders/psychology/*therapy MH - Schizophrenia/*therapy MH - *Schizophrenic Psychology MH - Security Measures MH - Self Concept MH - Shame MH - Social Adjustment EDAT- 2009/09/22 06:00 MHDA- 2009/12/31 06:00 CRDT- 2009/09/22 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/31 06:00 [medline] AID - S1352465809990233 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S1352465809990233 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Cogn Psychother. 2009 Oct;37(5):511-26. doi: 10.1017/S1352465809990233. Epub 2009 Sep 21.