Status:
COMPLETED
Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Patients With Late-Life Schizophrenia: a Pilot Study
Lead Sponsor:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Schizophrenia is associated with significant cognitive and functional deficits. As patients with schizophrenia grow older, the impact of these deficits at a personal and public health level is likely ...
Detailed Description
Eighty subjects will be randomized into 2 arms, CBSST Group and Treatment as Usual Group. Both Arms will run for a total of 52 weeks. The CBSST Group will attend 2-hour weekly sessions for 9 months an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 60 years and above.
- All races and ethnicities.
- Females and males.
- Meets DSM-IV TR criteria for a current diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform, delusional disorder, or psychotic disorder NOS.
- Clinically stable as operationalized by (1) having not been admitted to a psychiatric hospital within the 3 months prior to assessment, (2) having had no change in antipsychotic medication dosage within the 4 weeks prior to assessment, and (3) and ascertained to be clinically stable by one the study psychiatrists.
- Willingness and ability to speak English
- Willingness to provide informed consent
- Corrected visual ability that enables reading of newspaper headlines and corrected hearing capacity that is adequate to respond to a raised conversational voice.
Exclusion
- Meets criteria for a cognitive disorder secondary to a neurological or other medical disorder affecting the ability to participate in CBSST.
- Diagnosis of bipolar disorder or current major depressive episode.
- Meets diagnostic criteria for substance use or dependence within the 6 months prior to the initial assessment except for caffeine or nicotine.
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) within 6 months of initial assessment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00832845
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
May 1 2014
Last Update
February 17 2021
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1H4