F44.5
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Body movement psychotherapy: participants: 6 patients with dissociative seizures
process: 10 sessions of a modularized treatment program with body movement focus
duration of intervention: 10 weeks
measure times: beginning of intervention, 14 days after intervention, 6 month after intervention
Group 2: Support group therapy: participants: 6 patients with dissociative seizures
process: 10 sessions of a support group therapy (guided)
measure times: beginning, after 5 weeks, end of intervention
Sponsors
Charité Campus Charité Mitte
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Diagnosis of dissociative seizures (F44.5) proved by an epilepsy Center (with longterm Video EEG) - not in an ongoing psychotherapy so far - no suicidality or untreated psychosis / schizophrenic disorder - no epilepsy as a comorbidity
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - ongoing psychotherapy - suicidality - untreated psychosis / schizophrenic disease - epilepsy as a comorbidity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks after completion of the therapy program, patients will get another appointment. Then, the DES-20 and LSSS will be measured (Dissociation Experience Scale and Liverpool Seizure Severity Scale). The data will be compared to the measurements from before the start of the therapy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| secondly outcome parameters are: PHQ-D 9 and 15 (German tool for general health status “Gesundheitsfragebogen für Patienten”) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactPhiline Senf-Beckenbach
Scientist
Outcome results
None listed