NCT05115266

Efficacy of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Addictions.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Miguel Monfort Montolio · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the effectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder. Our hypotheses are that participation in the TAA program will reduce negative symptoms, improve the quality of life of people with dual pathology, whose mental illness is schizophrenia, and increase adherence to treatment for people with dual pathology, whose mental disorder it's schizophrenia.

Detailed description

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention to therapy that presents positive results in the treatment of different pathologies. The study assesses the implementation and effectiveness of a TAA program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Conditions

• Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Animal-assisted therapy (AAT	The activity program consists of 10 sessions with a duration of about 60 minutes. During the 10 sessions the animal is presented, in this case a dog. They caress it, dress it, educate it ...
BEHAVIORAL	Usual treatment	receive usual treatment (group activities)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-30
• Primary completion: 2025-04-30
• Completion: 2025-04-30
• First posted: 2021-11-10
• Last updated: 2021-11-10