RecruitingNot Applicable

Seven-step Phenomenological Psychotherapy for Self-disorder - a Pilot Study

Norway8 participantsStarted 2024-10-17

Plain-language summary

The goal of this clinical pilot study is to learn how adults with schizophrenia or other non-affective psychotic disorders or psychosis risk syndromes experience a novel psychotherapeutic treatment for self-disorders. The study has a qualitative, phenomenological research design. After end of treatment, the participants are interviewed about the experience of the treatment. This include how the participants liked it, if it was experienced as helpful and useful, and changes in self-experience and experience of relations to others and the world.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 39 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnoses in the ICD-10-CM Code range, i.e. schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders. First diagnosed no more than 3 years ago. * Or Psychosis risk syndrome as defined in the Structured Interview of Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS) (McGlashan, Walsh, \& Woods, 2010) * Present with anomalous self-experiences, as confirmed by the Screen Questionnaire for EASE (SQuEASE-6) (Møller, 2018) * Motivated to explore and work with anomalous self-experiences in psychotherapy Exclusion Criteria: * Severe, ongoing psychosis * Severe, ongoing drug abuse * IQ\<70 * Poor Norwegian language profiency

What they're measuring

Experience of the seven-step phenomenological psychotherapy model for self-disorders

Timeframe: After completing the SSPP-SD treatment, up to 12 weeks after study inclusion

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06597864

SponsorOslo University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-03-01

Contact for this trial

Tor Gunnar Værnes, Dr.philos.

0047 92 45 56 78 uxvrnt@ous-hf.no