Efficacy of a Structured, Dimension-based, STI in De-compensated Personality-disorder, Hospitalized, Patients

NCT ID: NCT02397187

Last Updated: 2015-03-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-03-31

Brief Summary

The assessment of the efficacy of a structured, dimension-based, STI (Short Term Intervention) in de-compensated Personality-disorder, hospitalized, patients

Detailed Description

The current study attempts to design a short-term intervention aimed at stabilizing decompensate personality disorder patients in hospitalization. The study is structured as a pilot study, thus will enroll 20 patients only. Patients, upon being hospitalized and after signing the consent to participate in the study, will be randomized to two groups: The first will be treated by the novel, LOOP, concept' the other will be TAU, as routinely done with PersDis patients in the investigators facility. The outcome parameters will be changes in series of questionnaires filled upon being enrolled and at the end of the intervention. Another outcome parameter will be readmission rates in the post-intervention period (3 months).

The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the "place" where the investigators experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.

Conditions

Personality Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

LOOP intervention

Patients enrolled in this arm will be treated by the LOOP interventional technique.

The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the "place" where our experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

LOOP

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the "place" where our experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.

TAU

Patients enrolled in this arm will be TAU, which is based upon short-term supportive PT.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

LOOP

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the "place" where our experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.

Interventions

LOOP

The LOOP conceptualizes the psyche by a three-dimension structure: the space (the potential of experiencing, the "place" where our experiences occur), the content (the experiences themselves; action, thoughts, feelings, experiences and being) and the order (the relationship between the various contents). The LOOP intervene with these three dimensions by a structures scheme, aimed at allowing the patient to quickly reclaim the responsibility on his psyche, stabilize and initiate long-term rehabilitation processes.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

ST-CBT / Narrative

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Cluster 2 diagnosis
• No suicide attemts 1 month prior to admission
• Regularly treated
• An active support system
• No urgent need for Rx changes

Exclusion Criteria

• Drug abuse
• An active Axis 1 diagnosis that requires change in Rx
• Unable to read/write fluently

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Shalvata Mental Health Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

0003-15-SHA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id