Brief Evidence-based Psychological Treatments for Emotional Disorders (PsycBrief)

Universidad de Córdoba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Common Mental Disorders; Somatoform Disorders; Depression; Anxiety Disorders

Treatments: Other: Minimum psychological intervention; Other: Brief individual psychotherapy; Other: Brief group psychotherapy; Other: Combined intervention; Other: Usual treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03286881

PSI2014-56368-R

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present work aims to develop a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 165 patients diagnosed with an emotional disorder. All participants are tested by several self-reports related to common mental disorders in a repeated measures design, pre and post treatment as well as a six month follow up. We think this study will demonstrate that brief psychological treatments should be prioritized over pharmacological treatment for such pathologies in the Primary or Secondary Care context to improve the patient´s quality of life while simultaneously reducing costs.

Full description

Nowadays, the heavy demands placed on health systems exceed the resources in many developed countries. So-called "common mental disorders" and their mostly pharmacological treatment are, in no small part, responsible for this situation. The cost that these disorders generate to the public health service is very high and they are usually associated with other issues like hyperfrequentation and side effects. However, research indicates that psychological treatment should be the first step when caring for these types of problems. We expect that the results show that extensive psychological therapy and combined treatment were the most effective. Nevertheless, brief psychological treatment is expected to be the most efficient in cost-benefit terms.

Enrollment: 129 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Emotional disorders

Exclusion criteria

• Severe mental disorder
• Drug abuse
• Severe depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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129 participants in 5 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Brief individual psychotherapy

Group 2

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Brief group psychotherapy

Group 3

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Combined intervention

Group 4

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Minimum psychological intervention

Group 5

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Usual treatment