Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Differential Efficacy of Guided Imagery Psychotherapy: Non-Inferiority Trial and Exploration of Differential Indication

Lead Sponsor:

University of Kassel

Collaborating Sponsors:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie (DGKIP)

International Psychoanalytic University Berlin

Conditions:

Emotional Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The DE-GIP study compares the efficacy and differential efficacy of two manualized psychodynamic psychotherapies for emotional disorders. The study therefore has two independent aims: A) The first ai...

Detailed Description

Background: Guided Imagery Psychotherapy (GIP) is an established therapeutic method in several countries. In addition to applying the established principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the GIP pra...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • depressive disorder, anxiety disorder or somatic symptom disorder (with comorbid depressive or anxiety disorder) according to German version of the DSM-5 (SCID-5-CV, Beesdo-Baum et al., 2019) as main diagnosis
  • informed consent to participate voluntarily in the study
  • sufficient German language skills to understand the patient-report questionnaires

Exclusion

  • acute suicidality
  • diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizophreniform, schizoaffective disorders, and/or psychosis NOS
  • bipolar disorder
  • depressive disorder with mood-incongruent psychotic features
  • paranoid/ schizotypal/ borderline/ or antisocial personality disorder
  • severe neurological disorder
  • PTSD with intrusive re-experiencing
  • clinically relevant substance dependence
  • psychopharmacological treatment other than antidepressants
  • other simultaneous psychological treatments
  • organic cause of depression/anxiety or drug-induced depression/anxiety

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 15 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2029

Estimated Enrollment :

180 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04765800

Start Date

February 15 2021

End Date

June 30 2029

Last Update

March 27 2025

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University of Kassel

Kassel, Hesse, Germany, 34127