BASIL Outputs

BASIL Pilot Trial

Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003779

Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL urgent public health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review.
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https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/e1/e49.info 

Acceptability of a behavioural intervention to mitigate the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions in older people with long-term conditions: a qualitative study.
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https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/3/e064694.abstract 

BASIL+ Trial

Behavioural Activation to mitigate the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on older people in England and Wales (BASIL+): A pragmatic randomised controlled trial
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756823002386 

Behavioural Activation for Social IsoLation (BASIL+) trial (Behavioural activation to mitigate depression and loneliness among older people with long-term conditions): Protocol for a fully-powered pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263856 

Mitigating the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on older people: The UK Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation (BASIL+) COVID-19 Urgent Public Health (UPH) trial and living systematic review.
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.13.23291329v1 

SAP Pictures.pdf

BASIL+ Statistical Analysis Plan

Protocol pictures.pdf

BASIL+ Trial Protocol

Other

Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19: where are the mental health trials?
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00204-2/fulltext 

An interview between David Ekers (MODS Chief Investigator) and Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity (Mental Health Nurse) about Behavioural Activation. The interview took place at the Global Consortium for Depression Prevention. 

https://soundcloud.com/national-elf-service/david-ekers