NHS trials are under way on a new app that employs CBT techniques to help patients escape a paranoid mindset, using their smart phones 🔴 Exclusive from BawdenTom
, the app uses text, graphics, animation and sound, delivered in twelve weekly sessions lasting 40 to 60 minutes, to give patients the tools to tackle paranoia.
Indications from an initial small-scale study involving 60 patients, using desk top computers, are “that there could be a 20 per cent reduction in paranoia symptoms”, according to Jenny Yiend, a professor of cognitive psychopathology at King’s College London, who is leading the NHS trial of the app.“I have long suffered from feelings of paranoia. I tried using the Stop app as part of the research study. After just using it twice I felt my world getting a little bit bigger.
“There simply isn’t enough help for people with paranoia in the NHS,” Kabir, deputy director at The McPin Foundation , said. “If successful, the Stop approach could be used by anyone with a smartphone.problem that can be successfully treated. It’s time to stop paranoia.
Professor Murray, who is familiar with the app but not involved in the project, said such solutions were “important to help people manage their thoughts and alleviate some of the pressure on stretched mental healthcare services”. But Lucy Schonegevel, associate director for policy and practice at Rethink Mental Illness, the charity which published professor Murray’s schizophrenia report, cautioned: “Digital interventions such as apps have the potential to help people recover from severe mental illness, but only as part of a wider package of care.
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