traumatic brain injury
Conditions
Interventions
Group cognitive behavioral therapy based on the manual focusing instantaneous and long-term control of anger, which is held 6 sessions of 90 minutes for 3-6 patients a week
Sponsors
Keio University School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subject who meet all of the following conditions are eligible to participate in this study. (1) 20 to 65 years old (2) Subjects with traumatic brain injury due to head injury or organic brain diseases (3) subjects feeling difficulties in management of anger (4) Understand the purpose and content of this study and express written consent to participate in this study based on own will
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects with any of the following conditions are excluded from this study. (1) History of psychotic disorders such as mood disorders, schizophrenia and alcohol / substance use disorders (2) Subjects who will be impossible to continue visiting hospitals because of move and so on (3) Subjects who have a life-threatening or unstable physical, brain, or mental illness in clinical diagnosis (4) Subjects who have symptoms interfering with group psychotherapy, such as significant memory impairment, intellectual disability or suicidal idea/acts (5) Others that the Principal Investigator has determined to be inappropriate for this research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement rate of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II (STAXI-II) score among baseline and 0/3 months after treatment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement rate of Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item, Quality of Life after Brain Injury, and Frontal Systems Behavior Scale amongbaseline and 0/3 months after treatment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactToshiaki Kikuchi
Keio University School of Medicine Department of Neuropsychiatry
Outcome results
None listed