Psychotherapy Expectations and Distress Among Mental Health Patients and Their Therapists.

NCT ID: NCT06908343

Last Updated: 2025-05-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-20

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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Patients will be recruited from the units of Shalvata MHC: closed and open hospitalization unit, and ambulatory units of Shalvata MHC community clinic. Their therapists will be recruited as well. There will be 4 timepoints measurement: baseline, second week, fourth week and after eight weeks (or discharge). Patients will be addressed through the therapeutic staff and the research team will contact them after a conceptually agreement to participate. A member of the research staff will schedule a meeting explaining the research thoroughly and ask the patient/therapist to sign an informed consent. After signing an informed consent, patients will complete several questionnaires at several time points, whereas their therapists will complete measures as well. All scales will be filled using the Qualtrics platform. In hospitalization unit questionnaires will be filled with the aid of the research coordinator, and in the facilities of Shalvata MHC, in face-to-face interaction. During the face-to-face interaction, in case the patient will report suicidal thoughts or plan to a member of the research staff, the therapeutic staff will be notified immediately. patients at community clinics will fill the first measurement in face-to-face interaction and the rest of the questionnaires independently recieveg a link to their mobile phone.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Expectancy Distress, Psychological

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Patients at Shalvata Mental Health Center

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hebrew mother tongue speakers
* Being treated at Shalvata MHC.

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to read or comprehend Hebrew due to any reason.
* Agitative patients
* Acute suicidal patients
* Patients in unstable psychotic state
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shalvata Mental Health Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yuval Bloch

Prof Dana Tzur Bitan

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Shalvata Mental Health Center

Israel, , Israel

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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Dana Elberg, MA

Role: CONTACT

+972545551887

Facility Contacts

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Dana Elberg, MA

Role: primary

+972545551887

References

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Other Identifiers

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0012-22 SHA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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