None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The rationale of the study is to evaluate the relative efficacies of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness in reducing the symptoms of prolonged grief. This study compares the relative effectiveness of (a) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and (b) Mindfulness. It is hypothesised that both arms training will lead to grief symptom reduction but that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy will lead to greater symptom reduction at follow-up.
Interventions
intervention(s) / exposure*
There are two arms to this trial. Arm 1: CBT. Arm 2: Mindfulness. Therapy is administered once-weekly over 11 weeks on an individual 90 minute basis. CBT includes 11 sessions of education about Prolonged Grief, cognitive restructuring of erroneous beliefs about the loss , and exposure to memories of the death and to avoided situations. Mindfulness involves 11 sessions of learning skills on identifying and managing distress through distraction, mindfulness, labelling
intervention(s) / exposure* There are two arms to this trial. Arm 1: CBT. Arm 2: Mindfulness. Therapy is administered once-weekly over 11 weeks on an individual 90 minute basis. CBT includes 11 sessions of education about Prolonged Grief, cognitive restructuring of erroneous beliefs about the loss , and exposure to memories of the death and to avoided situations. Mindfulness involves 11 sessions of learning skills on identifying and managing distress through distraction, mindfulness, labelling emotions, and acceptance of grief distress. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a 6-month follow-up assessment, resulting in participation duration of 9 months.
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Adults who have lost a loved one more than six months ago and satisfy the criteria for Prolonged Grief
Exclusion criteria
Severe suicidal intent, psychotic, substance dependent
Outcome results
None listed