Enhancing Assertive Community Treatment With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia
- Sponsor
- Veterans Medical Research Foundation
- Enrollment
- 178
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Independent Living Skills Survey (ILSS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This project is an effectiveness trial comparing two psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) + Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) v. ACT, alone.
Detailed Description
Assertive community treatment (ACT) is one of the most well-validated treatment models for people with severe mental illness, and ACT is one of the few evidence-based practices that is widely implemented in community mental health programs; however, existing ACT approaches have little impact on functioning. The ACT model provides a unique opportunity for implementation of recovery-oriented EBPs throughout community mental health programs in the US. This project will examine the incremental effectiveness of implementing cognitive-behavioral strategies and social skills training in ACT relative to ACT, alone. The investigators will begin to examine a potential mechanism of change involving defeatist performance beliefs that can interfere with performance of community functioning behaviors, and will use qualitative methods to identify barriers and factors that contribute to successful implementation.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •DSM-IV-diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder at any stage of illness
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unstable assignment (at least 3 months) to an ACT team;
- •Prior exposure to SST or CBT in the past 5 years
- •Level of care required interferes with outpatient therapy (e.g., current hospitalization for psychiatric, substance use or physical illness).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Independent Living Skills Survey (ILSS)
Time Frame: Baseline, 18 mos.
The ILSS is 70 item self-report measure in an interview format to assess everyday functioning. Each item is rated from 0 (No) to 1 (Yes). Scales are summed to yield a total score. Higher scores represent a higher level of functioning.
Secondary Outcomes
- Expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) - Positive symptom factor structure(Baseline, 18 mos.)
- Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)(Baseline, 18 mos.)
- Defeatist Performance Attitude Scale (DPAS)(Baseline, 18 mos.)
- Cognitive Therapy Scale for Psychosis (CTS-Psy)(Baseline, 18 mos)
- Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS)(Baseline, 18 mos)
- Maryland Assessment of Social Competence (MASC)(Baseline, 18 mos.)
- Comprehensive Modules Test (CMT)(Baseline, 18 mos.)