Exposure Initializes Therapy - Treatment Of Homebound Patients Extended (ExITTOHoPE)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Agoraphobia

Treatments: Behavioral: cognitive behavioral therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04460378

ChariteAmb

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cognitive behavioral treatment of homebound patients with severe agoraphobia.

Full description

Homebound patients with severe agoraphobia are treated with an exposure focussed cognitive behavioral therapy. The treatment begins at home. With a quick onset of guided exposure, patients get the possibility to develope the capability to reach the regular Treatment Location on their own very rapidly.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• agoraphobia with/without Panic disorder

Exclusion criteria

• psychotic disorders
• bipolar disorders
• acute substance dependency

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Manualized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy starting at the patients' home.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognitive behavioral therapy