Common Factors Group Psychotherapy for General Mental Health Concerns

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Mental Disorders; Major Depression; Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic; Generalized Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Common Factors Group Psychotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06614842

IRB-300013539

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current research will investigate the impact of general psychotherapy using common factors (i.e., techniques and communication skills that are common to all major forms of psychotherapy) to investigate whether mental health professionals can treat a variety of mental health concerns utilizing this general form of psychotherapy as opposed to specific forms of psychotherapy that may require specific trainings or education.

Full description

The current research will investigate the impact of general psychotherapy using common factors (i.e., techniques and communication skills that are common to all major forms of psychotherapy) to investigate whether mental health professionals can treat a variety of mental health concerns utilizing this general form of psychotherapy as opposed to specific forms of psychotherapy that may require specific trainings or education.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years old
• Experiencing self-reported psychological distress

Exclusion criteria

• has engaged in self-harm within the last three months
• has attempted suicide within the last year
• has had an active plan to attempt suicide within the last 30 days
• currently diagnosed with any eating disorder
• has experienced hallucinations or delusions within the last 30 days
• has used narcotics within the last 7 days (heroin, meth, crack cocaine, opioids)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Common Factors Group Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

We will use a general common factors psychotherapy utilizing only psychotherapeutic techniques common to most forms of psychotherapy (e.g., listening and communication skills)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Common Factors Group Psychotherapy