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Can Learning to Speak Up in a Group Help People with Mental Illness? A Study Over 2 Weeks

Evaluating the Efficacy of group-based Assertiveness Training on Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: A One-Group Repeated Measure Analysis Study. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/06/088450
Enrollment
63
Registered
2025-06-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: F20-F29- Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders Health Condition 2: F30-F39- Mood [affective] disorders Health Condition 3: F40-F48- Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders Health Condition 4: F01-F09- Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions

Interventions

Intervention1: Group-based Assertiveness Training: The group-based Assertiveness Training program will be conducted over two weeks, with three sessions per week (total 6 sessions), each session lasti

Sponsors

Christian Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults aged 18â??60 years. Clinically diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness as per ICD-11 criteria. Capable of providing written informed consent as judged by the consultant psychiatrist. Scoring of 18 and above in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Patients identified as having low assertiveness in the pretest in Multidimensional Assessment of Assertiveness (MAA).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Severe cognitive impairments (MoCA score less than 18). Acute psychiatric symptoms preventing group participation as judged by the consultant psychiatrist.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assertiveness using â??Multidimensional Assessment of Assertiveness (MAA)â?Timepoint: T1: pretest T2: post test T3: follow up after 2 weeks T4: follow up after 3 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The World Health Organization - Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)Timepoint: T1: pretest T2: post test T3: follow up after 2 weeks T4: follow up after 3 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactReema Samuel

Christian Medical College, Vellore

reemasamuel@cmcvellore.ac.in04162284683

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026