Internet CBT for Trichotillomania and Skin Picking Disorder

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trichotillomania; Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Internet delivered behavior therapy (I-BT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04559750

2019-06325

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of the study is to test the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a manual based, Internet-delivered, behavior therapy (I-BT) for trichotillomania and skin picking disorder.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary diagnosis of trichotillomania and/or skin picking disorder according to DSM-5
• Living in Sweden with a Swedish personal identification number
• Able to participate in study assessment in Swedish and understand Swedish text
• Have regular access to a computer with Internet access and skills to use Internet
• Signed informed consent
• Outpatient

Exclusion criteria

• Psychotropic medication changes that can affect symptoms of trichotillomania or skin picking disorder within 2 months prior to treatment
• Other ongoing psychological treatments that could affect symptoms of trichotillomania or skin picking disorder
• Completed CBT for trichotillomania or skin picking disorder within the last 24 months
• Ongoing substance dependence or misuse
• Lifetime bipolar disorder or psychosis
• Suicidal ideation (a score of 5 points or higher on item 9 on the self-reported Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale
• Psychiatric comorbidity that could severely jeopardize treatment participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Internet-delivered behavior therapy (I-BT

Experimental group

Description:

10 weeks of (I-BT) delivered via the Internet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet delivered behavior therapy (I-BT)