Compassion and Metacognition in Schizotypal Personality (CMBT)

Tages Onlus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavioral: Compassion and Metacognition Based Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04764708

03-07072020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of a newly developed psychotherapy for schizotypal personality disorder. This new form of psychotherapy integrates compassion focused therapy and metacognitively oriented psychotherapy.

Full description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, all patients giving written informed consent will undergo a psychological assessment so as to determine eligibility for study entry. Patients who meet the eligibility requirements will be randomized in a double-blind manner in a 1:1 ratio to new integrative psychotherapy or treatment as usual (cognitive behavioral therapy plus standard psychopharmacological treatment). One month after the conclusion of the two forms of treatment (both lasting 6 months), patients will have access to the final follow-up assessment.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with Schizotypal Personality Disorder at SCID-5-AMPD

Exclusion criteria

• Being under psychotherapy or psychopahrnacological treatment
• Being diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Being diagnosed with bipolar disorder
• Being diagnosed with intelletual disability
• Being diagnosed with any neurological disases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cognitive behavioral therapy plus standard psychopharmacological treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

A Third Wave Cognitive Therapy that integrates Compassion Focused Therapy and Metacognitively Oriented Psychotherapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compassion and Metacognition Based Therapy