REACH-ASD: a UK randomised controlled trial of a new post-diagnostic psycho-education and acceptance and commitment therapy programme against treatment-as-usual for improving the mental health and adjustment of caregivers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
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This paper describes a UK randomised controlled trial evaluating the Empower-Autism programme, which combines autism psycho-education with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for caregivers of recently diagnosed children. The study compares this intervention against usual local post-diagnostic support to assess impacts on caregiver mental health and adjustment. It is designed for researchers and clinicians interested in evidence-based family support interventions following an autism diagnosis.
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- Kathy Leadbitter (University of Manchester), Richard Smallman (University of Manchester), Kirsty James (King's College London), Gemma Shields (University of Manchester), Ceri Ellis (University of Manchester), Sophie Langhorne (University of Manchester), Louisa Harrison (University of Manchester), Latha Hackett (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust), Alison Dunkerley (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust), Leo Kroll (Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust), Linda Davies (University of Manchester), Richard Emsley (King's College London), Penny Bee (University of Manchester), Jonathan Green (University of Manchester), The REACH-ASD Team, Sofia B. Ahmed, H. H. A. BEACH, Charlotte Butter, June Gilbert, Caitlin Goldie, Rebekah Howell, Tessa Hutton, Amelia Pearson, Katy Roe, Cameron Sawyer
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- 2022-07-22
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- 10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1
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@article{allodium:8586217176e14d0e,
title = {REACH-ASD: a UK randomised controlled trial of a new post-diagnostic psycho-education and acceptance and commitment therapy programme against treatment-as-usual for improving the mental health and adjustment of caregivers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder},
author = {Kathy Leadbitter and Richard Smallman and Kirsty James and Gemma Shields and Ceri Ellis and Sophie Langhorne and Louisa Harrison and Latha Hackett and Alison Dunkerley and Leo Kroll and Linda Davies and Richard Emsley and Penny Bee and Jonathan Green and The REACH-ASD Team and Sofia B. Ahmed and H. H. A. BEACH and Charlotte Butter and June Gilbert and Caitlin Goldie and Rebekah Howell and Tessa Hutton and Amelia Pearson and Katy Roe and Cameron Sawyer},
year = {2022},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1}
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TY - JOUR TI - REACH-ASD: a UK randomised controlled trial of a new post-diagnostic psycho-education and acceptance and commitment therapy programme against treatment-as-usual for improving the mental health and adjustment of caregivers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder AU - Leadbitter, Kathy AU - Smallman, Richard AU - James, Kirsty AU - Shields, Gemma AU - Ellis, Ceri AU - Langhorne, Sophie AU - Harrison, Louisa AU - Hackett, Latha AU - Dunkerley, Alison AU - Kroll, Leo AU - Davies, Linda AU - Emsley, Richard AU - Bee, Penny AU - Green, Jonathan AU - Team, The REACH-ASD AU - Ahmed, Sofia B. AU - BEACH, H. H. A. AU - Butter, Charlotte AU - Gilbert, June AU - Goldie, Caitlin AU - Howell, Rebekah AU - Hutton, Tessa AU - Pearson, Amelia AU - Roe, Katy AU - Sawyer, Cameron PY - 2022 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1 ER -
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Leadbitter, K., Smallman, R., James, K., Shields, G., Ellis, C., Langhorne, S., Harrison, L., Hackett, L., Dunkerley, A., Kroll, L., Davies, L., Emsley, R., Bee, P., Green, J., Team, T. R., Ahmed, S. B., BEACH, H. H. A., Butter, C., Gilbert, J., Goldie, C., Howell, R., Hutton, T., Pearson, A., Roe, K., & Sawyer, C. (2022). REACH-ASD: a UK randomised controlled trial of a new post-diagnostic psycho-education and acceptance and commitment therapy programme against treatment-as-usual for improving the mental health and adjustment of caregivers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06524-1
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