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1/ Delighted to share our NEW paper “Participants’ experiences of AVATAR therapy for distressing voices: a thematic qualitative evaluation.” from our team ⁦Avatar Therapy⁩ w/ wonderful ⁦TAWard⁩ ⁦Dr Clem Edwards⁩ & co. bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Read the last findings on AVATAR therapy for distressing voices from Mar Rus-Calafell & co. We are excited to announce that our clinical trial w/ Avatar Therapy will start here at the MentalHealth@RUB in 2023! Watch this space!

Great thread summarising our recent article 🧵 Was a joy to have contributed to this and share reflections on developing and implementing Equality Diversity and Inclusion Groups in AVATAR2 Trial Avatar Therapy - a space to consider issues of power in the work we do.

avatartherapytrial.com/post/avatar2 Liam Rankin, one of our Glasgow site PPI colleagues has written a powerful poem all about avatar therapy. Check it out here.

What is avatar therapy like? One of the participants from AVATAR2 shares their experience. Interested in learning more about the study and who might be eligible to participate? Check out our website here: avatartherapytrial.com

As a reminder, we are still recruiting until the end of November 2022. A huge thank you to every single one of you who has expressed interest, supported and participated in AVATAR2. Info on how to get involved can be found here: avatartherapytrial.com/taking-part

Avatar therapy for #hearingvoices is currently only available via research trials. The AVATAR2 trial (link below) is being conducted at multiple sites in the UK: it's enrolling people until Nov 2022. We will begin recruiting for a telehealth-based trial in Australia in Jan 2023.

Recruitment on the exciting dhafer ben khalifa funded 🗣️ Avatar Therapy study in collaboration with UCL, will be closing in November this year. If you or someone you know hears distressing voices and is interested in receiving an innovative digital #therapy, email [email protected]

More info on the Avatar Therapy study please see the below video :)

Our PPI team have contributed so much to AVATAR2 and will continue to be involved in how we think about the results. We are really excited to share a co-produced podcast reflecting on their experiences in the trial. 👂LISTEN HERE: avatartherapytrial.com/resources

The Avatar Therapy team are really pleased to have reached this milestone, and would like to extend our enormous thanks to all the patients, families, PPI consultants, therapists and research staff who contributed to the evidence evaluated by NICE.