Positive PsychoTherapy in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation

Launched by NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE · Jun 3, 2013

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Aged 18 years or over;
• • Diagnosis of stroke or acquired brain injury (confirmed clinically and/or radiologically);
• • Between 3 and 12 months post-injury at time of recruitment;
• • Presence of emotional distress (score in moderate or above range on at least one sub-scale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales; DASS-21);
• • Medically stable;
• • Able to consent to research.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Significant communication impairments that would preclude participation;
• • Diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (due to the known additional complexities contributing to outcome in this population);
• • Comorbid developmental learning disability or degenerative neurological condition.
• • Pre-injury history of mood disorder will not lead to exclusion.