Psychosis Psychotic disorders - and also Social Anxiety
Conditions
Interventions
VRET treatment has a maximum of sixteen treatment sessions with a maximum of 60
minutes each. Existing CBT protocols will be adapted for VRET treatment in one
area only: exposure in vivo will be rep
providing treatment rationale, behavioral experiments,
reducing safety behavior and attention training. Starting with exposure
exercises for social situations lowest in patients anxiety hierarchy, f
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients first diagnosed with a non-affective psychotic disorder experiencing at least mild paranoia and/or social anxiety.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: IQ under 70 Insufficient command of the Dutch language Epilepsy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main outcome will be social participation. Objective social participation is measured as the time spend in the company of other people and the type of people spend time with. Subjective social participation is measured as momentary paranoia, perceived social threat and event stress as experienced in situations with other people. Social participation will be measured by the PsyMate Experience Sampling Method before and at end of treatment, and at 3 months follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life, stigmatization, safety behavior, side-effects VRET, acceptability of VRET for patients and therapists, emotional and social wellbeing. Medication adherence during participation in the study using the Brief Adherence Rating scale to control for medication effects. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed