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“Stress Control” as a Large Group Psychoeducational Intervention at Step 2 of IAPT Services: Acceptability of the Approach and Moderators of Effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2015

Paul Burns ,
Stephen Kellett  and
Gill Donohoe
Paul Burns
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, UK
Stephen Kellett*
Affiliation:
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust and Centre for Psychological Services Research, University of Sheffield, UK
Gill Donohoe
Affiliation:
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust and University of Sheffield, UK
*
Reprint requests to Stephen Kellett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 5FY, UK. E-mail: s.kellett@sheffield.ac.uk
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Abstract

Background: “Stress Control” (SC) has been adopted as a core intervention in step 2 of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, but contemporary evidence of effectiveness has lagged behind service uptake. Aims: To investigate the acceptability and effectiveness of SC and to explore moderators of outcome. Method: Analysis of acceptability (via attendance rates) and effectiveness (via IAPT minimum dataset). Results: SC was well tolerated with 73.3% of all patients and 75.4% of “clinical cases” attending three or more sessions. Of the 546 “clinical cases” attending SC and not in receipt of other interventions, 37% moved to recovery. Attendance improved outcome; for those patients attending all SC sessions the recovery rate rose to 59.2%. Conclusion: SC appears a well-tolerated and effective intervention that enables large numbers to gain access to treatment in an organizationally efficient manner. Attendance is important in facilitating SC outcomes and research evaluating attendance interventions are needed.

Keywords

Stress controlpsychoeducationPWPIAPT stepped care
Type
Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , July 2016 , pp. 431 - 443
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2015 

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