Status:

COMPLETED

Strengthening the Healthy Adult Mode: a Case Experimental Study Exploring the Effects of a New Schema Therapy Protocol in an Adult Outpatient Population.

Lead Sponsor:

Zuyderland Medisch Centrum

Conditions:

Trauma, Psychological

Personality Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Background: Strengthening the Healthy Adult schema mode is the ultimate goal in Schema Therapy, working as an assumed mechanism of long-term change through improved positive mental health. Evidence-ba...

Detailed Description

Schema therapy (ST; Young, 1990, Young et al., 2003) is an effective treatment for personality disorders and other chronic psychopathology, leading to significant improvement in functioning in most pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age of 18 to 65 year
  • a diagnosis of personality disorder and/or (comorbid) persistent mood-/somatic symptom disorder according to DSM-5 at the start of regular group or individual ST;
  • following final stage individual or group ST (as indicated by the patients' certified Schema Therapist). If ST is terminated, this must be within four months before starting with current ST-HA study;
  • suboptimal positive mental health as indicated by low to moderate levels of well-being, determined by the Mental Health Continuum
  • Short Form (MHC-SF; Keyes, 2002; Lamers et al., 2011) or below average to low scores on the Positive Affect scale of the Positive And Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson et al., 1988);
  • self-reported motivation for a 10-session psychological intervention focusing on positive mental health;
  • have access to a computer or tablet with a good Internet connection;
  • possess an e-mail address;
  • have sufficient proficiency of the Dutch language (reading and writing);
  • provided informed consent.

Exclusion

  • severe psychiatric disorders: acute suicidal risk, a psychotic and/or bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, delirium, dementia of severe cognitive impairment;
  • ongoing other ST/psychological treatment during the baseline and treatment phase;
  • former treatment based on the ST-HA protocol.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 25 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04466163

Start Date

September 1 2020

End Date

January 25 2022

Last Update

January 25 2022

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Zuyderland MC

Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands, 6162BG