Affective responses on positive symptoms and aggressive behavior in patients with a psychotic disorder.

Affective responses on positive symptoms and aggressive behavior in patients with a psychotic disorder. - Aggression in psychotic patients.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32410

Enrollment

300

Registered

2010-01-12

Start date

2008-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

schizophrenia

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Men and women between 18-45 years, referred to one of the above mentioned psychiatric hospitals (i.e. DPC, DGR, BAVO, GGZ-D). - Patients being in their first admission week (or being in the first week after seclusion) - Patients diagnosed with a psychotic disorder (e.g. schizophrenia, delusion disorder, psychosis NOS) - Patients who are able to speak, read and understand the Dutch language - Patients willing to participate in the current research project

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Secluded patients - Patients with a cognitive and/or mental impairment of handicap that makes self-reports and/or interviews impossible - Instable somatic illness that makes participation impossible - Suicidality - Severe influenced behaviour and/or affect by substance abuse (e.g. drugs, alcohol)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To investigate affective responses to psychotic symptoms. The outcome parameters that will be used are: degree of aggression, anxiety, anger, impulsivity and cognitive insight. Additionally, there will be a focus on the presence of delusions and/or hallucinations.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Psychometric properties of self report questionnaires (various aspects of reliability and validity)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results