A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing a novel compassion and metacognition approach for schizotypal personality disorder with a combination of cognitive therapy and psychopharmacological treatment

© 2023. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of maladaptive behavior that has been associated with the liability for schizophrenia. Little is known about effective psychosocial interventions. This pilot non-inferiority randomized controlled trial aimed to compare a novel form of psychotherapy tailored for this disorder and a combination of cognitive therapy and psychopharmacological treatment. The former treatment - namely, Evolutionary Systems Therapy for Schizotypy-integrated evolutionary, metacognitively oriented, and compassion focused approaches.

METHODS: Thirty-three participants were assessed for eligibility, twenty-four randomized on a 1:1 ratio, nineteen included in the final analysis. The treatments lasted 6 months (24 sessions). The primary outcome was change across nine measurements in personality pathology, the secondary outcomes were remission from diagnosis and pre-post changes in general symptomatology and metacognition.

RESULTS: Primary outcome suggested a non-inferiority of the experimental treatment in respect to control condition. Secondary outcomes reported mixed results. There was no significant difference in terms of remission, but experimental treatment showed a larger reduction of general symptomatology (η2 = 0.558) and a larger increase in metacognition (η2 = 0.734).

CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study reported promising results about the effectiveness of the proposed novel approach. A confirmatory trial on large sample size is needed to provide evidence about relative effectiveness of the two treatment conditions.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov; NCT04764708; Registration day 21/02/2021.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC psychiatry - 23(2023), 1 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 113

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheli, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Cavalletti, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Lysaker, Paul H [VerfasserIn]
Dimaggio, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Petrocchi, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Chiarello, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Enzo, Consuelo [VerfasserIn]
Velicogna, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Mancini, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Goldzweig, Gil [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Compassion
Evolution
Evolutionary systems therapy for schizotypy
Journal Article
Metacognition
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizotypy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.02.2023

Date Revised 24.02.2023

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04764708

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12888-023-04610-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353100897