Health Condition 1: F200- Paranoid schizophrenia Health Condition 2: F203- Undifferentiated schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Metacognitive Therapy for hallucination plus treatment as usual.: The primary focus of therapy will be promoting metacognitive insight into the phenomenology of hallucinations and their
Sponsors
Devvarta Kumar
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Diagnosis of paranoid or undifferentiated schizophrenia 2.Age between 18-50 years 3.Education, at least, at primary level 4.Conversant in Hindi and/or English
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Presence of Formal Thought Disorder • ECT in past 1 month • Alcohol or substance dependence
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in the severity of and insight into the hallucinatory experiences of patients with schizophrenia experiencing hallucinationTimepoint: Base-line, 5 weeks after baseline assessment (post-intervention), 9 weeks after baseline assessment (Follow-up) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cognitive functionsTimepoint: The assessment will be done at baseline only;Global assessment of functioningTimepoint: Base-line, 5 weeks after baseline assessment (post-intervention), 9 weeks after baseline assessment (Follow-up);Perceived sense of recoveryTimepoint: Base-line, 5 weeks after baseline assessment (post-intervention), 9 weeks after baseline assessment (Follow-up);Severity of positive and negative symptomsTimepoint: Base-line, 5 weeks after baseline assessment (post-intervention), 9 weeks after baseline assessment (Follow-up) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDevvarta Kumar
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Outcome results
None listed