Treating Phobia by a New Emotional Regulation Method (Tipi)
- Conditions
- Phobic Fear
- Registration Number
- NCT04165954
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
- Brief Summary
* Background In emotional regulation, the patient remembers an emotional situation, focuses his attention on his physical sensations when he relives a recent emotion, and let evolve his sensations.
* Method Evaluate the relevance of this method by an interventional study, in a pre-post mono group, on patients suffering from phobia.
* Objective The investigators aim to validate the effectiveness of this emotional regulation method and compare its results with that of conventional methods. Sessions are individual and repeated until the disappearance of phobic fear.
The present study may contribute to propose a new possibility to treat phobias in a simple and fast way.
- Detailed Description
Between 2003 and 2006, the investigators conducted an exploratory, prospective and comparative research study, taking each person as their own control, to evaluate the benefits of the type of emotional regulation developed by the Tipi association on a population suffering from phobias.
- Participants Phobias can be categorized by type, as defined in the DSM IV, the standard reference during the study period (American Psychiatriy Association, 2000) : agoraphobias, social phobias, specific situational phobias (claustrophobia, transport phobia), phobias linked to the natural environment (heights, water, fire), to animals (spiders, snakes, amphibians, tentacled shellfish) and other types of specific phobias (fear of physical contact, being dirtied, contaminated, vomiting), phobia of blood - injections - medical techniques - accidents.
The investigators aim to conduct a prior and systematic verification with each person to confirm that their fears were phobias as defined in the DSM IV (American Psychiatriy Association, 2000). The phobia must be diagnosed by a doctor or psychiatrist. Each people must provide a medical certificate that evidenced the diagnosis in writing.
All people must read an information form on "Understanding your emotions" All participants must have suffered from their phobias for a long time. They have to describe their treatment.
Everybody in the study population have to provide a short-written report on the effects of the session(s) 1 week, 1 month, 3 months and 12 months after the session.
* Intervention (see below)
* Follow-up During the one-year follow-up period, the patient was requested to send a written self-assessment of his situation and the change and/or disappearance of his phobia. If the investigators didn't receive the person's assessment, the investigators followed-up with a mail and a phone call.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method evolution of phobic fear Assessment at 3 and 12 month after the first session evolution of phobic fear
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of sessions needed for the disappearance of phobic fear 1 day number of sessions needed for the disappearance of phobic fear
adverse reaction rate and description 1 day adverse reaction rate and description
degree of process acceptance for the patient 1 day degree of process acceptance for the patient
existence of physical and psychological sensations experienced during the sessions and just in the course of 1 day existence of physical and psychological sensations experienced during the sessions and just in the course of
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Uhmontpellier
🇫🇷Montpellier, France