Remote Delivery Guides
Many therapists are likely to be working from home and delivering treatment remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below we provide guidance in how to remotely deliver the NICE recommended cognitive therapies for PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder that were developed by the OxCADAT team. These guides assume that therapists are already familiar with all of the main features of the treatment. More detailed guidance (with multiple video illustrations) of the main features of the treatment can be accessed by logging in as a clinician to our main therapist resources website.
Please click on the links below to access the guides:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Wild, J., Warnock-Parkes, E., Murray,H., Kerr, A., Thew, G., Grey,N., Clark, D.M. & Ehlers, A. (2020). Treating posttraumatic Stress Disorder Remotely with Cognitive Therapy for PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11:1, 1785818 doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1785818
- CT for PTSD – Using questionnaires to guide treatment, remote delivery
- CT for PTSD – Remote delivery guidance for memory work
- CT for PTSD – Video illustration of memory updating by remote delivery
- CT for PTSD – Video illustration of remote guidance for behavioural experiments
- CT for PTSD – Video illustration of trigger discrimination by remote delivery
- Treating PTSD remotely with Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (NHS England Webinar, 21 April 2020)
- Робота з травматичним переживанням втрати у КТ-ПТСР (NHS England Webinar, 19 May 2020)
Social Anxiety Disorder
- Warnock-Parkes, E., Wild, J., Thew, G., Kerr, A., Grey, N., Stott, R., Ehlers, A. Clark, D.M. (2020). Treating social anxiety disorder remotely with cognitive therapy. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, . doi:10.1017/S1754470X2000032
- CT for Social Anxiety – Remote delivery guidance
- CT for Social Anxiety – Video illustration of remote delivery
- CT for Social Anxiety – Video illustration of using virtual audiences in remote therapy
- CT for Social Anxiety – Video illustration of behavioural experiments that can be conducted during COVID lockdowns, as well as at other times.
- Treating Social Anxiety Disorder Remotely with Cognitive Therapy for SAD (NHS England Webinar, 05 May 2020)
Panic Disorder
PTSD linked to experience in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
Research shows that being treated or working in intensive care units can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder. As many more people than usual are likely to have experience in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have written two guides on PTSD after intensive care for psychological therapists and also an information sheet for health care professionals.
Please click on the links below to access the materials:
- Murray, H., Grey, N., Wild, J., Warnock-Parkes, E., Kerr, A., Clark, D.M., Ehlers, A. (2020). Cognitive Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Critical Illness and Intensive Care Unit Admission. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. doi: 10.1017/S1754470X2000015X
- PTSD after intensive care: A guide for therapists
- PTSD after intensive care: Information for health care professionals
- PTSD after intensive care: Information for patients
Evidence-Based Well-Being and Mental Health Support for NHS Frontline Staff
The COVID-19 pandemic poses many challenges for frontline staff, including: increases in hospital admissions, lengthy decontamination procedures, longer shifts, work that may extend beyond one’s level of expertise, exhaustion, high levels of trauma, and separation from partner and family. Here we provide evidence-based support for frontline staff in two formats. The first is an accessible infographic summarising 7 evidence-based tools to support health and wellbeing during periods of exceptional stress. The second is a longer document which gives more information and summarises the evidence for each of the tools.
Please click on the links below to access the materials:
- Infographic summarising evidence-based tools for NHS Frontline Staff
- Document on evidence-based Tools to support Staff Well-Being and Mental Health
- Document on Cognitive Therapy for Moral Injury in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Webinar recordings
PTSD after critical illness and ICU admission
This pre-recorded webinar (approximately 45 minutes) covers:
– How to recognise PTSD after critical illness and ICU admission
– A cognitive model of PTSD after ICU- How to optimally deliver Cognitive Therapy for PTSD for patients following critical illness
– Case examples and patient testimony
This pre-recorded webinar (57 minutes) covers:
– Recent research on risk of PTSD in frontline healthcare workers- Recognising PTSD in medical professionals
– Formulating PTSD in medical professionals
– The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical professionals
– Specific features of PTSD in medical professionals and how to treat them
– Case examples and patient testimony
BABCP
Skills Class: Supercharging the effectiveness of Behavioural Experiments: Dr Emma Warnock-Parkes
Mini-workshop: Working with frontline healthcare workers: Dr Jennifer Wild
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