NCT00932919

Thought Field Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Agoraphobia

Thought Field Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Agoraphobia - a Randomized Controlled Intervention Study Where the Efficacy of Thought Field Therapy is to be Compared to Cognitive Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sorlandet Hospital HF · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose for this study is to find out if Thought field therapy has the same effect as, or better effect than, Cognitive therapy for Agoraphobia.

Detailed description

Thought field therapy is an alternative treatment method that has shown, by casuistic reports, to give good results when applied for anxiety disorders. In this study 72 patients will be randomized to three groups. 24 patients will receive cognitive therapy as a control method, 24 patients will receive thought field therapy. The remaining 24 patients will wait three months, and then be randomized to either of the two therapies. Before inclusion all patients will be diagnosed with M.I.N.I. and SCID II. They will fill out self evaluation forms for symptoms and quality of life, before and after treatment, and one year after treatment. All patients will undergo an interview with ADIS on panic and agoraphobic diagnosis and symptoms before starting treatment, and on panic and agoraphobic symptoms immediately after and one year after treatment. These interviews will be done by psychologists who are blinded for which type of treatment the patients have got.

Conditions

• Agoraphobia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Thought field therapy	5 sessions with Thought field therapy
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive therapy	12 sessions of Cognitive therapy
BEHAVIORAL	Wait list	3 months waiting, then randomized to either thought field therapy or cognitive therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-11-01
• First posted: 2009-07-07
• Last updated: 2014-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway