To find out the strength of a combined treatment which involves psychological and Social communication behavioral therapy in reducing the symptoms of persons diagnosed with Schizophrenia, a mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F200- Paranoid schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/02/040392
- Lead Sponsor
- AnusuyaM
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1 diagnosed with schizophrenia by a qualified psychiatrist by DSM V criteria.
2.Those with relatively stable symptoms (chronically ill experiencing different degrees of autonomy with disease onset between 1 and 30 years).
3.Native speakers of any Indian language with minimum educational background (High school diploma or equivalent).
4.In possession of adequate cognitive skills, tested by the achievement of a cut-off score on the Mini Mental State Examination
Exclusion Criteria
1.Alcohol or drug abuse.
2.sign of organic brain damage or intellectual disability.
3.Acute/florid psychosis state at remitted phase of disease condition.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in the Pragmatic-communication skills, <br/ ><br>Improvement in related cognitive competence, <br/ ><br>Improvement in theory of mind function and <br/ ><br>Reduction in the frequency and severity of positive and negative symptoms <br/ ><br>Improvement in their overall quality of lifeTimepoint: 1. Baseline assessment prior to the start of therapy/treatment. <br/ ><br>2. Assessment at 1 week after the end of therapy/treatment. <br/ ><br>3. A follow up assessment after 1 month after the end of the therapy <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method theory of mind functions, occupational and social well being and thereby enhancing their quality of life and reduction in symptomatology of the disorder.Timepoint: baseline assessment followed by cognitive pragmatic therapy for a period of 3 months, followed by 1st post treatment assessment immediately after the therapy followed by follow up assessment after 1 month of end of therapy.