Self-Help Group for the Treatment of Hoarding Disorder

University of Miami

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hoarding Disorder

Treatments: Other: Self-Help Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01585896

20111146

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study aims to investigate the efficacy of a facilitated self-help group for the treatment of hoarding disorder. Eligible participants will take part in a facilitated self-help group. The investigators aim to investigate the effects of a self-help group on hoarding symptoms. The investigators hypothesize that participants will demonstrate decreased hoarding symptoms over time.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinically relevant symptoms of hoarding disorder

Exclusion criteria

• under 18
• psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, substance abuse or dependence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

Self-help group

Experimental group

Description:

The facilitated self-help group, which represents an empirically supported intervention for hoarding (Frost et al., 2011).

Treatment:

Other: Self-Help Group