Status:
UNKNOWN
Mindfulness RCT for Early Psychosis
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Psychosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Depressive mood and anxiety are prevalent in patients suffering from early psychosis. Treatments focused on these dimensions are rarely seen. Meanwhile, growing evidence showed Mindfulness-based inter...
Detailed Description
Psychosis is a set of symptoms associated with distorted perception and cognition. Clinical treatments that focus on positive symptoms, hallucination, and delusion are increasingly well developed thro...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cantonese-speaking patients aged 18-65, who are service users of the aforementioned community mental health services in Hong Kong.
- diagnosis of Schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, or manic episodes with psychotic features according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and less than 5 years' duration since onset of psychosis.
- present with mild depressive or anxiety symptoms (PANSS items G2 or G6 scores higher than or equal to 3; any item on CDSS scores more than or equal to 1).
- They must have an ability to consent, stable positive symptoms (PANSS symptomatic items: P1-P7 scores less than or equal to 3) and good medication compliance (assessed by clinical interview, informant interview, and pill-counting).
Exclusion
- Known organic brain disorder
- Known history of intellectual disability,
- Diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis,
- Practice of mindfulness (in forms of yoga, Tai Chi, etc.) more than twice a week during the previous three months,
- Previous or current substance abuse,
- High risk features associated with acute psychotic episodes, and
- Questionable adherence to medication treatment and follow-up.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02244970
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
September 1 2015
Last Update
September 19 2014
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The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China