schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
MCT is a hybrid of psycho education, cognitive remediation and
cognitive-behavioural therapy. The training consists of 8 sessions of 45
minutes, and will be given once a week. We adapted a group-bas
a group-based therapy in
which effective functioning and skills in relation to daily life and work are
addressed.
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet the following criteria: recently developed schizophrenia or related disorder and an age between 18 and 35.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients scoring 6-7 on the PANSS positive subscales (patients suffering from serious positive symptoms that interfere with their daily functioning) are excluded as this is considered detrimental for group training.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main outcome measures are 1) paranoid ideation as measured with the Green Achterdochtige Gedachten Schaal (GAGS), a validated Dutch version of the Green Paranoid Thought Scales (GPTS) (Green et al., 2008); 2) cognitive insight as measured with the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS). 3) psychotic symptoms and general symptoms, as measured with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) (Kay, Lewis & Fiszbein, 1987) and with experience sampling (Palmier-Claus et al., 2011) 4) Client satisfaction, as measured with the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8) (de Brey, 1983). 5) Feasibility of the training as measured with the Client Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) "Jumping to conclusions (JTC)" as measured with the Beadstest (Huq, Garety, & Hemsley, 1988). 2) "Attribution bias" as measured with the Internal, Personal, and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ, Kinderman and Bentall 1996) 3) Psychotic symptoms and dthe distress caused by them as measured with the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) 4) "Theory of mind" - a social cognition task- as measured with the Hinting Task (Corcoran et al. 2005). 5) "Theory of mind" as measured with the Degraded Facial Affect Recognition (van't Wout et al., 2004, 2007). 6) Metacognition, as measured with the Metacognitions Questionnaire (Wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed