Actively Recruiting
Led by University Hospital, Strasbourg, France ยท Updated on 2025-08-06
336
Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
People with mental disorders often face stigmatizing attitudes, which can lead them to isolate themselves and interfere with their care and recovery. This trial focuses on reducing self-stigma, a form of stigma individuals apply to themselves, which is linked to increased shame, lowered coping skills, social avoidance, and worse clinical outcomes. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), a type of cognitive behavioral therapy aimed at reducing shame and fostering self-compassion, is being evaluated for its effectiveness in individuals with high levels of self-stigma. The study compares three groups: one receiving group-based Compassion Focused Therapy, another undergoing a psychoeducation program called Ending Self Stigma (ESS), and a third receiving treatment as usual (TAU). The CFT program includes psychoeducation on compassion and emotion regulation, experiential exercises during sessions, and guided practices with video support between sessions. The ESS program provides education on stigma and self-stigma and encourages home exercises to improve self-esteem. Participants will be assessed for internalized stigma using the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness inventory (ISMI) at the start and monthly for three months. The study involves psychiatric evaluations to monitor symptom severity and ensure safety. Researchers will evaluate changes in self-stigma levels and the acceptability of the treatments over the study period. The trial is sponsored by the University Hospital in Strasbourg, France, and is ongoing with a planned end date in March 2028.
CONDITIONS
COMpassion for Psychiatric Disorders And Self-Stigma
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Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person)
Duration - 3 months
Participants receive behavioral therapy sessions focused on reducing self-stigma in mental disorders, including Compassion Focused Therapy or Ending Self Stigma program, with in-session experiential exercises and home practice assignments.
Weekly visits for therapy sessions
Total: 7 locations
1
Pรดle de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hรดpital Charles Perrens
Bordeaux, France, 33076
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Ch Le Vinatier
Bron, France, 69678
Not Yet Recruiting
3
CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hรดpital Gabriel Montpied, Service de Psychiatrie B
Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63003
Not Yet Recruiting
4
Pรดle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie d'adultes et d'addictologie du Grand Nancy, Centre Psychothรฉrapique de Nancy
Laxou, France, 54520
Not Yet Recruiting
5
CHU de Montpellier, Psychiatrie d'adultes, Hรดpital la Colombiรจre
Montpellier, France, 34295
Not Yet Recruiting
6
Etablissement Public de Santรฉ Mentale (EPSM) de la Marne, Site Pierre-Briquet, Unitรฉ de rรฉhabilitation psychosociale
Reims, France, 51100
Not Yet Recruiting
7
Service de Psychiatrie, Hรดpital Civil, Hรดpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France, 67091
Actively Recruiting
L
Luisa Weiner
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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M Riebel, O Rohmer, E Charles...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37309006