Psychological Flexibility and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
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interventional
60
0 countries
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Brief Summary
The Objectives of the current research is to evaluate whether psychological flexibility influences psychotherapy outcomes in patients with adjustment disorder and depression. If indeed this is the case, we would be able to identify risk factors for low adjustment- such as low psychological flexibility, and develop psychotherapy that would try to enhance this ability.
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Started Nov 2014
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 20, 2014
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 14, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2015
CompletedNovember 14, 2014
November 1, 2014
1 year
October 20, 2014
November 11, 2014
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Effectiveness of psychotherapy treatment will be measured by the SCID-IV, CGS and CGI measures by the therapists
Psychotherapy outcomes will be evaluated by the patients and therapists, using a number of measures. First, the therapists would use the SCID-IV, as they did at the beginning of the treatment. Second, they would fill out a CGS and CGI questionnaires.
end of the psychotherapy treatment- an expected average of 3 months after starting therapy
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Well being will be measured by the Mental Health Inventory (MHI: Veit and Ware 1983)
Baseline and at the end of the psychotherapy treatment-an expected average of 3 months after starting therapy
Therapeutic Alliance will be measured by the The Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised (WAI-SR) (Munder et al., 2010)
end of the psychotherapy treatment- an expected average of 3 months after starting therapy
Psychological Flexibility will be measured by the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PFQ) (Ben-Itzhak et al., 2014).
Baseline and at the end of the psychotherapy treatment-an expected average of 3 months after starting therapy
Study Arms (1)
psychotherapy treatment
OTHER3 months long (12 sessions) dynamic psychotherapy.
Interventions
3 months long (12 sessions) dynamic psychotherapy. The dynamic psychotherapeutic technique which will be applied in the current research is derived from Malan's focused, brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (Malan 1976) and from the literature specifying psychodynamic psychotherapies distinctive techniques (Shedler 2010). The principle of this treatment is a time limited intervention in which the primary objective is to enhance the patient's insights regarding repetitive conflicts. As psychodynamic psychotherapy is suitable for all kinds of adjustment disorders, no special adjustment in the course of therapy was made for the different subtypes (Cabaniss et al. 2011).
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Adjustment disorder as the referral cause, age ranging from 20 to 65 years old and Hebrew speaking. The diagnosis of adjustment disorder will be confirmed by an open clinical interview followed by a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV SCID-IV (Shalev et al. 1994; First et al. 1995).
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with major depression, a psychotic disorder, alcohol or drug dependence will be excluded.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Shulamit Ben Itzhak, Dr
shulamitb@tlvmc.gov.il
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER GOV
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 20, 2014
First Posted
November 14, 2014
Study Start
November 1, 2014
Primary Completion
November 1, 2015
Study Completion
November 1, 2015
Last Updated
November 14, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-11