CFT-focused Mental Health Intervention With Exposure Training for Youngsters (CFT+VR)

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Conduct Disorder; Psychopathic Personality Trait

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05802758

HUS/345/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to explore if individual CFT-based intervention with exposure training in virtual reality decreases conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemoitonal traits , as well as increases subjective emotional welbeing among 15-to-20 year-old male prisoners and boys placed to state's residential schools. We will also study factors that may predict adherence to the intervention. These factors include mental well-being, motivation, and working alliance. In addition, we will evaluate the costs of the program.

Enrollment: 144 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 15 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Express conduct disorder psychopathology and psychopathic personality traits
• Are placed to a prison or a state residential school for at least 9 months

Exclusion criteria

• Females
• Non-Finninsh-speaking
• Remaining in the institution facility less than 9 months
• Intellectual dissability
• Presence of psychotic symptoms
• Autism
• History of epilepsy
• Currently participating another psychotherapeutic intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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144 participants in 2 patient groups

Youngsters who get CFT + VR

Active Comparator group

Description:

yougsters, who get compassion-focused short intervention together with training in virtual reality together with general psychosocial rehabilitation offered by prisons and state residential schools

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)

Treatment as usual

No Intervention group

Description:

youngsters, who get only general psychosocial rehabilitation offered by prisons and state residential schools