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Study NCT ID:
NCT01655368
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2016-06-15
First Post:
2012-06-14
Brief Title:
Group Intervention for Improving Stigma Coping and Empowerment of People With Mental Illness STEM
Sponsor:
Wolfgang Gaebel Professor
Organization:
Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf
Study Overview
Official Title:
Group Intervention for Improving Stigma Coping and Empowerment of People With Mental Illness STEM
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2016-06
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
STEM
Brief Summary:
This multi-center 2-arm interventional study within different mental health care settings psychiatry in-patient day-unit and out-patient as well as psychiatric rehabilitation evaluates a psychotherapeutic group intervention to improve stigma coping and empowerment using a psychotherapeutic module embedded in a psychoeducational group therapy
Detailed Description:
People with mental illness suffer both from the burden of disease itself and from the social stigma related to mental illness hence impeding their treatment Sartorius et al 2005 Link et al 1999 Negative attitudes towards and discriminating behavior against people with mental illness negatively affect health care utilization the course of disease compliance self-esteem and social functioning Sirey et al 2001 Link et al 2001 Perlick et al 2001 Internalizing negative social stereotypes self-stigmatization Ritsher et al 2003 Watson et al 2007 impairs the quality of life and leads to social withdrawal Rüesch 2005 Furthermore self stigma is associated with lower empowerment Ritsher et al 2004 a poorer social network Lysaker et al 2007 lower compliance Fung et al 2008 and a higher extent of symptoms Corrigan et al 2006 The stigma of mental illness leads to an impaired pursuance of individual life goals as job-related ambitions or living in a relationship Rüesch 2005
Current approaches targeting the stigma of mental illness primarily focus on education about mental illness in different target groups eg Gaebel et al 2003 2004 and can be successful if appropriately implemented Gaebel et al 2008 Yet there is a lack of RCT-tested psychotherapeutic approaches which directly address patients with mental illness improving their skills of coping with stigma and discrimination Therefore it is intended to develop manualise and to evaluate such a psychotherapeutic group intervention within a randomized clinical control group design
In this context group-based cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy has been proved as efficient therapeutic approach for patients with depression cf McDermut et al 2006 and with schizophrenia cf Lawrence et al 2006 Barrowclough et al 2006 in different settings Patients can serve each other as role models and will modify negative self-related cognitions thus developing new cognitions supporting self-esteem Corrigan et al 2001 The following interventional effects should improve the patients quality of life and also result in a reduction of frequency and length of inpatient stays and sickness-related absenteeism
improved skills to cope with negative stigmatizing experiences
a reduced burden through of self-stigmatizing cognitions
a better utilization of resources for disease managing in coherence with reduced self-stigmatization and
an improved coping with stigma-related conflicts at work
Current approaches targeting the stigma of mental illness primarily focus on education about mental illness in different target groups eg Gaebel et al 2003 2004 and can be successful if appropriately implemented Gaebel et al 2008 Yet there is a lack of RCT-tested psychotherapeutic approaches which directly address patients with mental illness improving their skills of coping with stigma and discrimination Therefore it is intended to develop manualise and to evaluate such a psychotherapeutic group intervention within a randomized clinical control group design
In this context group-based cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy has been proved as efficient therapeutic approach for patients with depression cf McDermut et al 2006 and with schizophrenia cf Lawrence et al 2006 Barrowclough et al 2006 in different settings Patients can serve each other as role models and will modify negative self-related cognitions thus developing new cognitions supporting self-esteem Corrigan et al 2001 The following interventional effects should improve the patients quality of life and also result in a reduction of frequency and length of inpatient stays and sickness-related absenteeism
improved skills to cope with negative stigmatizing experiences
a reduced burden through of self-stigmatizing cognitions
a better utilization of resources for disease managing in coherence with reduced self-stigmatization and
an improved coping with stigma-related conflicts at work
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None