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The Effectiveness of the Meta-cognitive Training Among Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia

NCT02187692 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2014-07-11

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Summary

The aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness of the meta-cognitive training (MCT) for schizophrenia against treatment as usual (TAU) among patients who attends community support groups. 4 weeks of MCT will be administered for patients two times per week. MCT consists of well structured cognitive behavioral therapy interventions. MCT will be administered according authors recommendations. All participants will be assessed at baseline (T0) and up to one week after the MCT intervention (T1, 4-5 week of the study).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MCT

The meta-cognitive training (the MCT) consists of eight structurized psychological therapy modules that provides basic knowledge about cognitive biases that are associated with schizophrenia and it provides the sklills how to overcome negative consequences of the biases. The MCT includes: Module 1 manages self-serving bias (i.e. external-personal attribution for failure, internal attribution for positive events); Module 2 and 7 target the jumping to conclusion; Module 3 and 7 concern beliefs flexibility and bias against disconfirmatory evidence; Module 4 and 6 target deficits in theory of mind; Module 5 is devote to ameliorate the cognitive over-confidence in false memories; Module 8 deals with depressive thinking style.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Warsaw

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Łukasz Gawęda, PhD · II Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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