Brief Psychotherapies for Emotional Disorders in Primary and Secondary Care

Universidad de Córdoba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotional Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy; Drug: Pharmacological treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04343391

Brief-Psychotherapies

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present work aims to develop a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 150 patients diagnosed with at least one of the following emotional disorder: somatoform disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and depression disorder. Participants are tested by several self-reports related to the emocional disorders mentioned in a repeated measures design, pre and post treatment. The investigators 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.

Full description

Nowadays, the heavy demands placed on health systems exceed the resources in many developed countries. So-called "emotional disorders" and their mostly pharmacological treatment are, in no small part, responsible for this situation. However, research indicates that psychological treatment should be the first step when caring for these types of problems. The investigators expect that the results show that brief psychological therapies are more effective than pharmacological interventions. Moreover, it is expected that brief individual psychotherpay approach delivered in secondary care is more effective than brief group psychotherapy delivered in primary care.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Emotional Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Severe mental disorder
• Substance use disorder
• Severe depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Brief Individual Psychotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Individual 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, Farchione, Fairholme, Ellard, y Barlow, 2010). This intervention is provided by clinical psychologist in secondary care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy

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, Farchione, Fairholme, Ellard, y Barlow, 2010). This intervention is provided by clinical psychologist in primary care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Medication provided by a general practitioner.

Treatment:

Drug: Pharmacological treatment