MedTrace Logo

Attachment Style and Reflective Functioning in CBASP

NCT02748187 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2024-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cognitive behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP) is one of the only psychological models and treatments that has been designed specifically for patients diagnosed with chronic depression. CBASP in combination with antidepressants has been found to be the most effective treatment for chronic depression. Despite an increasing amount of research into this intervention, researchers are less aware of the role that specific and common ingredients are accounted for in outcomes. Given that CBASP is a treatment model endorsed by the National Health Service Scotland (NHS Scotland), gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding about the active ingredients involved in their success ensures current practice is embedded in an evidence base. Conducting this research adds to the gap in the literature and identifies areas in which further exploration is warranted. Given the emphasis on therapist variables in relation to treatment outcomes, the results of this research will have wider implications from a service resource perspective. Training may be altered or needs emphasised in line with the results of the study to ensure most efficacious outcomes.

Limited research has looked at therapist and client variables that may contribute to therapeutic alliance/engagement, and clinical outcomes. The current study proposes to explore two variables that are hypothesized to contribute to outcomes based on the theoretical framework CBASP is grounded on, namely therapist and client attachment style and reflective functioning. This will be done by providing CBASP to a small number of participants and gathering outcome data from therapists and clients at each therapy appointment. Participants will also complete the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), a semi structured interview which can also be coded for reflective functioning. This is a proof of concept case series design that aims to provide an analysis of individual psychological change in relation to the above variables of interest.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CBASP

Interpersonal psychotherapy for chronic depression

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Edinburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Buckley, BA, HDip, MA · University of Edinburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02748187 on ClinicalTrials.gov