NCT04711460

Mindfulness, Group Therapy and Psychosis; Training Decreases Anxiety and Depression

Mindfulness, Group Therapy and Psychosis; Training Decreases Anxiety and Depression in Outpatients With a Psychotic Disorder in a Non-Randomized Within Group Comparison

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 116 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The objective of this non-randomized, within-group comparison was to evaluate the addition of mindfulness as a new technique in an outpatient group therapy program for participants diagnosed with a psychotic spectrum disorder, alongside of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Detailed description

Participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), at admission and discharge. The first experiment compared scores of those who received mindfulness training plus standard psychiatric treatment or treatment as usual (TAU) against those who received TAU. The second experiment compared age using matched scores from participants who received mindfulness training plus TAU. Participants attended group therapy for a five-week minimum, and were taught the mindfulness practices of breath, acceptance, observation, remaining non-judgmental, and letting go.

Conditions

• Psychosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Younger participants	Younger Participants 19-29 years received TAU + Tx over 5 weeks
BEHAVIORAL	Older participants	older participants 30-54 years received TAU + Tx over 5 weeks
BEHAVIORAL	TAU	Participants received TAU or Treatment As Ususal, Cognitive Behavior Therapy only
BEHAVIORAL	TAU + MIndfulness practice	Participants received TAU + mindfulness training

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-30
• Completion: 2019-08-30
• First posted: 2021-01-15
• Last updated: 2024-02-02
• Results posted: 2024-02-02