Schema-Focused Therapy (SFT) and Treatment as Usual (TAU)
Conditions
Interventions
Schema-Focused Therapy (SFT) versus Treatment as Usual (TAU) and Client Centered Therapy according to Sachse (CCT).
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 250 outpatients of mental health institutes in the Netherlands with a cluster-C PD, a narcissistic, histrionic or paranoid PD as defined by DSM-IV criteria as first diagnosis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. IQ less than 80; 2. Problems with Dutch language (talking, reading, writing); 3. Borderline, antisocial, schizoid, schizotypal personality disorder; 4. Psychotic or bipolar disorder on axis-I, DSM-IV; 5. Substance dependence needing clinical detoxification (after detoxification this is no longer an exclusion criterion); 6. Immediate suicide risk.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Presence vs. absence of Personality Disorder(s) (assessed with SCID-2 and ADP-IV (intermediate)). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Axis-1 diagnoses (assessed with the SCID-1.); 2. General psychopathological symptoms (assessed with the SCL-90.); 3. PD-related schemas and beliefs (assessed with the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) and the PD-Belief Questionnaire (PDBQ, Arntz et al., 2004)); 4. Social functioning will be assessed with the WSAS; 5. Independent raters will assess global functioning with the GAF Scale (DSM-IV);Quality of Life will be assessed with the 6. WHOQOL and the EuroQol. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactLotte Bamelis
University Maastricht (UM), DMKEP, P.O. Box 616
Outcome results
None listed