F20 F25 F21
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: wait-training group: patients as well as healthy controls first get treatment as usual (TAU), and then the speech gesture training in the following order: 1st pre fMRI - TAU - 2nd pre fMRI -
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Standort Marburg, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 62 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (for patients) and relatively stable symptoms (no acute psychosis), Aged between 18 and 60 years, Capacity to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No capacity to give informed consent, Risk of suicide necessitating hospitalisation, Physical illnesses that interfere with the planned measurements, Medical contraindication against fMRI measurements, Pregnancy, Contraception per loop, Diagnosis of psychological diseases, especially schizophrenia (for control group)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| neural data in comparison of groups and pre post fMRI measurement (before and after the training) of the applied tasks (passive viewing and n-back working memory task) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| behavioral data from working memory tasks in comparison of groups and pre post fMRI measurements (before and after the training) as well as transfering effects (assessed by SASS: Soziale Aktivität Selbstbeurteilungs-Skala and SWLS: Satisfaction with Life Scale). Separate comparisons of neural activation during processing of speech, gesture and speech-related gestures during the passive viewing and working memory task. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLydia Riedl
Universitätsklinikum Marburg-Gießen, Standort Marburg, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed