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Trial reportSuicide & life-threatening behavior2020

Imaginator: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial of a Brief Imagery-Based Psychological Intervention for Young People Who Self-Harm.

Martina Di Simplicio, Elizabeth Appiah-Kusi, Paul Wilkinson, Peter Watson, Caroline Meiser-Stedman, David J Kavanagh, Emily A Holmes

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06311084 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

IMAGINATOR 2.0: Co-design and Early Evaluation of a Novel Blended Digital Intervention Targeting Self-harm in Young People

TypeinterventionalSponsorImperial College LondonRan2022 to 2024Enrolled29ConditionsSelf Injurious Behavior, Adolescent Behavior Problem, Child Behavior Problem, Mental Health DisorderArmsImaginator 2.0
NCT06798636 early_phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Investigating the Effects of a Psychedelic-augmented Mental Imagery-based Intervention for Young People With Self-harm Behaviour: an Experimental Medicine Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorImperial College LondonRan2025 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsSelf HarmArmsPsilocybin 5 mg with cognitive behavioural therapy intervention, Placebo with cognitive behavioural therapy intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Martina Di SimplicioDivision of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5701-9659
Elizabeth Appiah-KusiDepartment of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
Paul WilkinsonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Peter WatsonMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Caroline Meiser-StedmanCambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
David J KavanaghCentre for Children's Health Research, School of Psychology & Counselling, Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Emily A HolmesDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105579212Medical Research Council MC_UP_0901/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00005/14Medical Research Council MC_UU_00005/15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe Imaginator study tested the feasibility of a short mental imagery-based psychological intervention for young people who self-harm and used a stepped-wedge design to investigate effects on self-harm frequency reduction at 3 and 6 months.

methodA total of 38 participants aged 16-25 were recruited via community self-referral and mental health services. Participants were randomized to immediate delivery of Functional Imagery Training (FIT) or usual care followed by delayed delivery after 3 months. FIT comprised two face-to-face sessions, five phone sessions, and use of a smartphone app. Outcomes' assessment was blind to allocation.

resultsThree quarters of those who began treatment completed face-to-face sessions, and 57% completed five or more sessions in total. Self-harm frequency data were obtained on 76% of the sample at 3 months (primary outcome) and 63% at 6 months. FIT produced moderate reductions in self-harm frequency at 3 months after immediate (d = 0.65) and delayed delivery (d = 0.75). The Immediate FIT group maintained improvements from 3 to 6 months (d = 0.05). Participants receiving usual care also reduced self-harm (d = 0.47).

conclusionsA brief mental imagery-based psychological intervention targeting self-harm in young people is feasible and may comprise a novel transdiagnostic treatment for self-harm.

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Psychosocial InterventionSelf-Injurious BehaviorAdolescentAdultFeasibility StudiesHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareYoung Adult

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PMID32057131
PMCPMC7613067

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