Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Psychotic Inpatients

Uppsala University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Acute Psychosis

Treatments: Behavioral: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy; Behavioral: Attention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02458105

2014/541

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overarching aim of the research project is to investigate whether Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an efficacious psychotherapeutic method of treatment for inpatients suffering from acute psychosis.

The method will be applied in two ways. Firstly, as an individual treatment for patients. Secondly, as an integrated part of the daily work on an inpatient ward, administered by nurses and assistant nurses trained in the method.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted to a specified psychiatric inpatient ward during the time-period of the study; psychotic spectrum diagnosis as specified in patient charts; assessed by contact person on the ward as having delusions or hallucinations.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive difficulties to an extent where informed consent cannot be given.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

A variant of cognitive behavior therapy focused on acceptance and valued living in the presence of distressing symptoms.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Attention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Supportive conversation at a frequency and length corresponding to the experimental condition.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention