Mindfulness, Group Therapy and Psychosis; Training Decreases Anxiety and Depression

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychosis

Treatments: Behavioral: TAU + MIndfulness practice; Behavioral: Younger participants; Behavioral: Older participants; Behavioral: TAU

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04711460

STUDY00005035

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this non-randomized, within-group comparison was to evaluate the addition of mindfulness as a new technique in an outpatient group therapy program for participants diagnosed with a psychotic spectrum disorder, alongside of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Full description

Participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), at admission and discharge. The first experiment compared scores of those who received mindfulness training plus standard psychiatric treatment or treatment as usual (TAU) against those who received TAU. The second experiment compared age using matched scores from participants who received mindfulness training plus TAU. Participants attended group therapy for a five-week minimum, and were taught the mindfulness practices of breath, acceptance, observation, remaining non-judgmental, and letting go.

Enrollment: 116 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All Diagnostic Statistical Manual, Fifth edition, (DSM-5) diagnoses that included a psychosis spectrum disorder

Exclusion criteria

• those lacking symptoms of psychosis

Trial design

116 participants in 4 patient groups

Younger participants

Description:

Participants were adults ages19 to 29 years who recieved CBT and 10 minutes of Mindfulness Training and practice in group therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Younger participants

Older participants

Description:

Participants were adults ages 30-54 years who received CBT and 10 minutes of Mindfulness Training and practice in group therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Older participants

Treatment As Usual (TAU)

Description:

. Participants in the "Treatment As Usual" (TAU) group had Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and education about the mindfulness process, but no practice of the mindfulness technique as a group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: TAU

TAU plus mindfulness practice

Description:

Participants in the TAU plus Mindfulness Practice had Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and 10 minutes of mindfulness practice in group therapy sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: TAU + MIndfulness practice