Adaptation of Individual Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intervention for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
Recruiting · NCT05989451 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Mackay Memorial Hospital
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What this trial is about
Anxiety and depressive disorders, referred to as emotional disorders, have high rates of prevalence, recurrence, and functional impairment. Transdiagnostic psychotherapy targeting shared features of these disorders has recently emerged. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders is a promising approach, as results of preliminary studies for use in a broad range of mental disorders are encouraging. Since there is a lack of research on transdiagnostic psychotherapy in Taiwan, the investigators thus propose this 3-year randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a modified DBT for the treatment of transdiagnostic emotional disorders and to further evaluate whether the efficacy of modified DBT differs in the specific emotional disorders. The investigators expect that patients with emotional disorders receiving modified DBT are more likely to improve clinical outcomes, functioning, and quality of life.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Mandarin Chinese-language proficiency sufficient to complete the study questionnaire
- A current diagnosis of depressive or anxiety disorder as diagnosed from a SCAN interview
Exclusion criteria
- Intellectual disability
- Substance use disorder in the past three months
- Bipolar disorder
- Psychotic disorder
- Organic brain disorder
- Acute suicidality or a history of frequent or recent suicide attempts
- Recent (past six weeks) change in psychiatric medication or unwillingness to maintain a stable dosage of medication during study participation
- Had received five or more sessions of CBT in the past five years or was unwilling to stop concurrent psychotherapy for an emotional disorder
- Any mental or physical condition requiring hospital admission
- Another medical condition likely to prevent participation in the study
- As we also aim for a naturalistic setting, we do not exclude patients who undergo a medication change during the trial if this is judged necessary or clinically important by the treating clinician. Instead, we include a question about this in the questionnaire to the referring/treating clinician.
Where it is running
2 locations listed.
- MacKay Memorial Hospital - Taipei, Taiwan
- MacKay Memorial Hospital - Taipei, Taiwan