Efficacy of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Addictions.

Miguel Monfort Montolio

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

Treatments

Behavioral: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT

Behavioral: Usual treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05115266

AAT BPD&A

Details and patient eligibility

About

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the effectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Our hypotheses are that participation in the TAA program will reduce negative symptoms, improve the quality of life of people with dual pathology, whose mental illness is schizophrenia, and increase adherence to treatment for people with dual pathology, whose mental disorder it's schizophrenia.

Full description

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention to therapy that presents positive results in the treatment of different pathologies. The study assesses the implementation and effectiveness of a TAA program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Meeting DSM-5 criteria for substance abuse disorder and the presence of borderline personality disorder.
Voluntary participant in the study and having signed the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients whose functioning could be altered by factors not specifically related to addictive pathology or mental disorder (severe cognitive impairment, intellectual deficiency or language barrier)
Animal-specific phobia