Brief Group Psychotherapy for Anxiety and Depression

Universidad de Córdoba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Affective Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychological treatment; Drug: Medication

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04489641

Interventional (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present work aims to develop a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 100 patients diagnosed with anxiety and depression in primary care. All participants are tested by several self-reports related to emotional disorders in a repeated measures design, pre and post treatment. It is our aim this study will demonstrate that brief psychological treatments should be prioritized over pharmacological treatment in Primary Care. In addition, emotional regulation will be assessed and examined as a key factor in the clinical improvement.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anxiety
• Depression

Exclusion criteria

• Severe mental disroders
• Drug abuse
• Suicidal ideation/severe depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Brief group psychotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Group brief psychological intervention by adaptation of the Guide NICE "Common Mental Health Disorders" (ISBN 978-1-84936-585-7) and the unified protocol for the trasndiagnostic treatment of the emotional disorders of Barlow (Boisseau et al., 2010). This intervention is provided by clinical psychologist in primary care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychological treatment

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Medication provided by a general practitioner.

Treatment:

Drug: Medication