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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Manualized ACT-based transdiagnostic group therapy (12 sessions of 100 minutes each)
Sponsors
Universität Bremen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with sufficient German language skills to actively participate in group therapy will be included. The following emotional disorders will be eligible as the primary diagnosis: obsessive–compulsive disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, dysthymia, adjustment disorder, mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, social phobia (social anxiety disorder), hypochondriasis (illness anxiety), somatoform disorders, and eating disorders.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are the presence of an acute psychotic disorder, a body mass index below 16.5, an acute bipolar disorder, a substance use disorder without verified abstinence, an autism spectrum disorder, and any other psychotherapy taking place in parallel to the group therapy. In addition, personality disorders or pronounced personality traits will be excluded if they impair the ability to participate in a group setting (in particular paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, histrionic, and narcissistic personality traits).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in subjective psychological well-being (measured using the WHO-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)(Brähler et al., 2007)), operationalized as the Reliable Change Index (RCI) of well-being from pre-intervention (before the start of group therapy) to post-intervention (after group therapy). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and stress symptoms (measured with the DASS-21 Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, 21-item short form), operationalized as the Reliable Change Index (RCI) for the respective subscales from pre (before the start of group therapy) to post (after completion of group therapy). Drop-out (assessed via documentation of treatment discontinuation during the 12-week group therapy as a binary event: yes/no), defined as attendance at fewer than 8 out of 12 sessions. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactPauline Tenbrüggen
Universität Bremen
Outcome results
None listed