Investigation of the Efficacy of Metacognitive Training for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F10.2
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032217
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinikum Christophsbad, Akademie für Psychotherapie (C-AP), Forschungssektion für Angewandte Psychotherapie und Psychiatrie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Meeting criteria for alcohol dependence according to the SKID-I interview
- German fluency (spoken and written)
Exclusion Criteria
- Acute suicidality
- Acute danger to others
- Acute self-harm
- Bipolar disorders (current or past episodes)
- Schizophrenic disorders (current or past episodes)
- Current psychotherapy or unwillingness to pause current psychotherapy for the duration of the study (from T1 to T3)
- No motivation for abstinence
- Consumption of addictive substances other than alcohol and nicotine in the past 3 months
- An additional acute comorbid addictive disorder other than alcohol dependence or
Nicotine dependence
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The measurements take place at three points in time (T1 = baseline, T2=directly after the intervention (approx. 6 weeks), T3=follow-up after 3 months).<br><br>Metacognitions (MKF-30; Arndt et al., 2011).<br>Positive metacognitions (PAMS; Spada & Wells, 2008).<br>Negative metacognitions (NAMS; Spada & Wells, 2008).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The measurements take place at three points in time (T1 = baseline, T2=directly after the intervention (approx. 6 weeks), T3=follow-up after 3 months).<br><br>Desire thinking/craving (DTQ; Caselli & Spada, 2011, translated).<br>Alcohol consumption and its consequences (AUDIT; Babor et al., 2001).<br>Depression (BDI-II; Hautzinger, Keller & Kühner, 2006)