Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Enriched With Emotion Regulation Training for Multiple Somatoform Symptoms

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether cognitive-behavioral therapy enriched with strategies from emotion regulation training leads to better improvement in somatic symptoms and comorbid problems than cognitive-behavioral therapy alone.

Conditions

• Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-V)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy + emotion regulation training for patients with multiple somatoform symptoms

Cognitive-behavioral therapy + emotion regulation training for patients with multiple somatoform symptoms: 20 weekly sessions individual therapy (à 50) minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with multiple somatoform symptoms

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with multiple somatoform symptoms: 20 weekly sessions individual therapy (à 50) minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Technology Munich

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Giessen

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Wuppertal

  collaborator OTHER

• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

  collaborator OTHER

• German Research Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Philipps University Marburg Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Philipps University Marburg

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Winfried Rief, Ph.D. · Philipps University Marburg

• Mathias Berking, Ph.D. · Philipps University Marburg

• Maria Kleinstäuber, Ph.D. · Philipps University Marburg

• Japhia-Maria Gottschalk, M.Sc. · Philipps University Marburg

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

69 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-10-31

Primary Completion

2016-10-31

Completion

2017-03-31

Countries

• Germany

Study Locations