NCT04429412

Effectiveness of the Individualized Metacognitive Training (EMC+) in People With Psychosis of Brief Evolution

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Individualized Meta-Cognitive Training (EMC +), in people with psychosis of brief evolution on symptoms, especially on positive symptoms. Secondary aims would be to assess the effect of EMC+ in metacognition, psychosocial and neuropsychological functioning, and to assess the maintenance of program effects on 6 months.

Detailed description

This is a randomized clinical trial in which some patients receive the EMC+ and others treatment as usual.The evaluator will be blind to the group to which the patients belong. The sample for the overall project will be a total of 70 people with a diagnosis of psychotic spectrum, less than 5 years of experience and with a score =\> 3 positive PANSS (last month) and treated in one of the participating institutions. The evaluation was performed at baseline, at post-treatment and at 6 months follow up. Symptoms, metacognition, psychosocial and neuropsychological functioning were assessed. The EMC consists of 10 therapeutic units with weekly sessions of 45-60 minutes. The material available for the Individualized Metacognitive Training (EMC) program is made up of power-point presentations.

Conditions

• Brief Psychotic Disorder
• Psychosis; Episode

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MCT+	Metacognitive training

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2018-09-01
• First posted: 2020-06-12
• Last updated: 2020-06-12