Actively Recruiting
Effectiveness of Motivation Skills Training (MST)
Led by Columbia University · Updated on 2025-11-05
80
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
137 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
Columbia University
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study will take place at four outpatient clinics serving adults with serious mental illness. Informed consent will be obtained from N=80 individuals with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM)-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria to participate in a randomized controlled trial comparing Motivation Skills Training (MST) to a Healthy Behaviors Control (HBC) group. Eligible participants will receive a baseline assessment including sociodemographic and psychosocial assessments, measures of motivation, goal attainment, and quality of life, as well as measures of executive skills, community functioning, and psychiatric symptoms severity. Both MST and HBC will be implemented as once weekly group therapies. The treatment phase is approximately 12-14 weeks. MST will focus on motivation knowledge and self-regulation skills while HBC will focus on physical health and health-related skills.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effectiveness of Motivation Skills Training (MST)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 18 to 65 years
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-5
- Medically and psychiatrically stable as an outpatient
- Fluent in English
You will not qualify if you...
- Intellectual disability indicated by medical history or a premorbid full scale IQ below 70
- Severe substance use in the past three months based on DSM-5 criteria
- Neurological conditions causing brain disease
- Mild to severe cognitive impairment possibly due to dementia, with a Mini Mental Status Exam score below 20 for individuals aged 60 or older
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
The Bridge, Inc.
New York, New York, United States, 10025
Actively Recruiting
2
New York State Office of Mental Health
New York, New York, United States, 10032
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
A
Alice Saperstein, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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