Distress Brief Intervention

An intervention called “Distress Brief Intervention” (DBI) is being used by a range of health, police and other groups in Scotland.

About the study

An intervention called “Distress Brief Intervention” (DBI) is being used by a range of health, police and other groups in Scotland. This is a way of helping people who are in emotional distress by trying to make their first contact with the health services or police as caring as possible. It then offers further support over the next two weeks.

The DBI intervention is being independently evaluated by a team of researchers from the University of Stirling, led by Edward Duncan. The team is working in collaboration with Joanne McLean at ScotCen, a social research organisation, Chris White of the Mental Health Foundation and Helen Mason at Glasgow Caledonian University. The research team is working on behalf of the Scottish Government who would like to find out what the DBI intervention is doing well and how it can be improved.

You may have been invited to take part in this research in one of two ways. Please find the relevant section below and follow the link to find out more:

Follow-up survey

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Paper or online evaluation form

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Our pledge to you

We understand you may have some questions about our organisation and how we deal with your personal information.

We respect your wishes

Taking part is voluntary, and you won't have to answer any questions you don’t want to.

We answer your questions

Call 0131 240 0210 or email jessica.shields@scotcen.org.uk to contact one of the evaluation team with any questions you have about the study.

We guard your privacy

We will treat the information you give us in the strictest confidence under the Data Protection Act 1998. The results collected are used for research purposes only. You will never receive any junk mail as a result of speaking to us. We never pass on your details to other organisations for commercial purposes.

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