Interventions to Improve Functional Outcome and Persistent Symptoms in Schizophrenia (Mcog)
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Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females who have given informed consent.
- Between the ages of 18 and 60.
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-IV criteria as determined on the basis of the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis Checklist (SCID-P) Checklist.
- Receiving treatment with an oral atypical antipsychotic medication other than clozapine
- Able to provide evidence of a stable living environment (individual apartment, family home, board and care facility) with no plans to move in the next year.
- Intact visual and auditory ability as determined by a computerized screening battery.
- Ability to read at the 5th grade level or higher based upon WRAT score.
- Able to understand and complete rating scales and neuropsychological testing.
- Delusions or hallucinations at a level of Moderate according to the BPRS. (Score of 4 or higher on items assessing hallucinations, unusual thought content, or suspiciousness.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of significant head trauma, seizure disorder, or mental retardation.
- SOFAS scores >70 indicating a high level of social and occupational functioning.
- Alcohol or drug abuse or dependence within the past 3 months.
- Currently being treated by an ACT team.
- History of violence in the past one year period.
- Exposure to CAT treatment in that past 2 years.
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación factorial
- Enmascaramiento: Único
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Experimental: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis
Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis is a manual-driven collaborative talk-therapy designed to help the individual identify appraisal biases and cognitive distortion, identify alternative explanations for events, and find ways to cope with the distress caused by persistent psychotic symptoms.
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The CBT manual to be used for the present study was based upon the work of Kingdon and Turkington (2005) and Granholm et al., (2005) a group-delivered CBT skills training).
Available manuals were modified to improve ease of training and to better accommodate the delivery of the full CBT treatment in the home environment.
Supervision will be provided throughout the study by D. Turkington and S. Tai world renowned experts in CBT for psychosis.
Training will be held for 1-2 weeks annually and supervision will proceed weekly via SKYPE.
All therapists will be certified prior to providing treatment for the trial.
Sessions are conducted weekly by master's and doctoral level therapists.
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Experimental: Cognitive Adaptation Training
CAT is a manual driven treatment using environmental supports such as signs, alarms, checklists, electronic devices, and the organization of belongings to bypass cognitive and motivational impairments and to cue and sequence adaptive behavior.
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CAT supports are established and maintained on weekly home visits by bachelor's and master's level staff.
Regular supervision will be provided by the PI who developed CAT.
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Experimental: Multi-modal Cognitive Therapy
Combines Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis and Cognitive Adaptation Training into one home-delivered intervention
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A manual driven intervention combining CBT and CAT.
Weekly sessions delivered in the home focus on altering cognitive biases using CBT and bypassing cognitive deficits using environmental supports
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Comparador activo: Treatment as Usual
Medication follow up and limited case management provided by the local community mental health center
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Standard medication follow up and limited case management
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
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Change in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Psychosis Factor Score
Periodo de tiempo: baseline to 9 months
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Combines scores on BPRS for hallucinations, unusual thought content, suspiciousness and conceptual disorganization.
Mean score varies from 1-7 with higher scores indicating more severe symptomatology
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baseline to 9 months
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Change in Multnomah Community Ability Scale
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to 9 months
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17-item scale assessing a variety of domains of community adjustment including Interference with functioning, Adjustment to living, Social competence, and Behavioral Problems.
Higher scores reflect better community functioning.
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Baseline to 9 months
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
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Change in Auditory Hallucination Rating Scale
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to 9 months
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Examines the degree to which hallucinatory experiences are negative, distressing and disrupt the activities of the individual.
The scale above separates how frequently the voices are distressing vs. non-distressing, the intensity of distress when the voices are distressing, the loudness of the voices and the degree of disruption in daily activities in separate items.
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Baseline to 9 months
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Change in Delusion Rating Scale
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to 9 months
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Delusional ideas are rated with respect to the degree of conviction, the amount and duration of preoccupation, the amount and the level of distress experienced and the level of interference with activities.
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Baseline to 9 months
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Otras medidas de resultado
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Change in Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorders
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to 9 months
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Assesses insight into the illness, specific symptoms and the need for treatment.
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Baseline to 9 months
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Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
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- R01MH082793-03 (Subvención/contrato del NIH de EE. UU.)
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