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Psychological Intervention for Relapse Prevention in First Episode Schizophrenia

U

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Schizophrenic Disorders

Treatments

Behavioral: cognitive behavioural therapy
Behavioral: psychoeducation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00161408
01GI9932-P2223

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a randomized clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a comprehensive psychological intervention for the treatment of first episode schizophrenia

Full description

Patients suffering from their first episode of schizophrenic disorders are randomly allocated to either a short "information centered psychoeducation" (ICP) of 8 sessions or a "cognitive behavioral treatment" (CBT). CBT includes 8 sessions of psychoeducation, 8 sessions of computer based cognitive training, 8 sessions with relatives and 20 sessions of focusing on stress management, relapse prevention and coping with persistent symptoms.

The primary endpoint is relapse at the one and two year follow up.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 55 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder according to ICD 10: F20
  • first episode
  • age between 18 and 55
  • willingness to give informed consent also to a double blind pharmacological treatment study

Exclusion criteria

  • residence outside of the catchment area
  • insufficient knowledge of the German language
  • substance abuse or addiction as primary clinical problem
  • serious physical illness
  • organic brain disease
  • pregnancy
  • contraindications to neuroleptic treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

Trial contacts and locations

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