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Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) in the Emergency Department

NCT00833742 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2025-02-18

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Summary

Objective: Somatization of emotions accounts for excess Emergency department (ED) visits. Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) has methods to diagnose and manage somatization. We examined the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of ISTDP diagnostic and treatment methods used for patients with repeated ED presentations for medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUS)

Conditions

  • Somatic Complaints of Multiple Types

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy

A brief psychotherapy format

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Allan A Abbass, MD FRCPC · Capital Health, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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