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The ECHO Study: Compassion-focused Therapy for Young Voice Hearers and Their Caregivers
Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark
Summary
In this project, a 10-session treatment program was developed aimed at young people who experience voice hearing. The treatment has potential to easily be implemented in everyday clinical practice in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and eventually in Educational Psychological Counselling (PPR) and the newly established STIME services (low-threshold municipal treatment offers for children and young people). As part of the treatment, the young person's caregivers are involved. This means a high degree of involvement from adults who know the young person well and are part of their daily life. In addition to traditional Compassion-focuced therapy (CFT), the treatment is expanded with an intervention where an audio file is recorded with content corresponding to the adolescent's voice hearing. The parents are invited to listen to the audio file while participating in a therapy session. This will help improve the caregivers understanding of the young person's experiences and challenges.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 21 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2026-06-01
Completion Date
2029-01
Last Updated
2026-02-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
ECHO Manualized CFT treatment for young voice heares
A manualized 10 session, intervention inspired by compassion focused therapy. A primary caretaker paticipates in 5 sessions.
Locations (1)
Psychiatriatric Children and Youth Hospital
Esbjerg, Denmark