Treating taboo thoughts on a psychiatric intensive care unit: a four-phase mixed methods single case experimental design

• Published in: Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 508 - 521
• Main Authors: Kellett, Stephen, Gaskell, Chris, Keslake, Andy, Seneviratne, Mike, Simmonds-Buckley, Melanie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Behavior therapy; Bipolar disorder; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Design; Emotional behavior; Intensive care; Intensive care units; Intervention; Main; Mental health; Mixed methods research; Patients; Psychological aspects; Rumination; Therapy outcome; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; In-patient CBT
• ISSN: 1352-4658; 1469-1833; 1469-1833
• DOI: 10.1017/S1352465824000146

Well-designed evaluations of psychological interventions on psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) are a rarity. To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for intrusive taboo thoughts with a patient diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder admitted to a PICU due to significant...