Nonverbal Synchrony, Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Engagement in First Episode Schizophrenia

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

7 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-07-15

Study Completion Date

2020-10-16

Brief Summary

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The quality of the therapeutic intervention in a first psychotic episode is a major challenge for quality and effectiveness of treatment. This project aims to better understand the mechanisms underlying the quality of communication between patient and psychiatrist, especially those related to non-verbal communication. Psychiatrist/patient interpersonal motor synchronization is a reliable index of therapeutic alliance and a predictor of psychotherapy effectiveness. This project aims to show a link between psychiatrist and patient motor synchrony and treatment adherence. This link could be explained by an association between therapeutic alliance and motor synchronization.

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Detailed Description

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Several studies have highlighted the utmost importance of initial medical and psychosocial support during a first psychotic episode. Recent research has shown that non-verbal communication and particularly interpersonal motor synchronization between the patient and his psychiatrist is a key factor in therapeutic alliance. However, such hypothesis have never been tested in terms of treatment adherence neither in a first psychotic episode, nor during a 6-month follow-up. By measuring the interpersonal motor synchronization between the patient and psychiatrist during a video recorded interview at inclusion, month-3 and month-6, the project aims to validate the hypothesis that a high level of interpersonal synchronization should be associated with a high level of therapeutic alliance. This therapeutic alliance being hypothesized as a mediator between synchronization and treatment adherence, the project should show for the first time in a first psychotic episode that the use of reliable and objective variables extracted from the analysis of the synchronization between psychiatrist and patient allows to predict the outcome of therapeutic and treatment alliance.

Conditions

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Schizophrenics

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Nonverbal synchrony, therapeutic alliance

Association between motor synchronisation in psychiatrist/patient dyad and patient therapeutic adherence in patients with a first psychotic episode will be measured, 6 months after the first post hospitalisation consultation, using video without sound. Nonverbal synchrony, therapeutic alliance and treatment will evaluated.In this purpose, videos of patients and psychiatrist will be made (for all patients included), and the images will be analyzed.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients after hospitalisation for a first psychotic episode (OMS criteria 1992)
* Patients fluent in French (spoken and written)
* Age ≥ 18 years and \< 50 years
* signed informed consent
* participation noted in medical files.

Exclusion Criteria

* Inpatients
* History of brain trauma
* History of neurological disease
* Current Electro-convulsive-treatment
* Drug abuse and dependence (except for tabacco and cannabis)
* Pregnant/breast feeding woman

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No