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Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Residential Treatment of Schizophrenia and Addictions

NCT ID: NCT05103865

Last Updated: 2021-11-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-03

Study Completion Date

2019-09-10

Brief Summary

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Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the efectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with substance abuse disorder and associated mental disorders (dual pathology).

Detailed Description

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Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention to therapy that presents positive results in the treatment of different pathologies. The study assesses the implementation and effectiveness of a TAA program in patients diagnosed with substance use disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorder.

Conditions

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Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

Keywords

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Animal-assisted therapy everyday life skills schizophrenia residential treatment dual pathology

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental group (EG)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

usual treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Animal-assisted therapy (AAT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

usual treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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ATT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Meeting DSM-5 criteria for substance abuse disorder and the presence of schizophrenia
* Voluntary participant in the study and having signed the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients whose functioning could be altered by factors not specifically related to addictive pathology or mental disorder (severe cognitive impairment, intellectual deficiency or language barrier)
* Animal-specific phobia
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Miguel Monfort Montolio

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Miguel Monfort Montolio

Sponsor-investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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AAT S&A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id