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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2024/06/068359
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A study on resolution of symptoms of dissociative seizures treated with adjuvant short-term psycho-dynamically oriented cognitive behavioural therapy - Nil

Institutional Ethical Commitee, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospital0 sites0 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Unknown
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR INTERVENTION GROUP
  • 1. Age should be between 18-60years at the time of first contact.
  • 2. Consecutive OPD and admitted patients meeting the criteria from International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD-10) for the diagnosis of conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions (F44.5, dissociative seizure) with or without co morbid diagnosis of depression (F32), adjustment disorder (F43.2) and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (F41.2).
  • 3. Patients developed symptoms of dissociative seizure (F44.5) in past six months and are treatment naive since then.
  • 4. Patients should be cooperative for the assessment, intervention and formally educated up to minimum Vth grade.
  • 5. Patents should have psychological mindedness and willing to visit hospital weekly.
  • 6. Patient should consent for study as well as adjuvant psychological intervention in addition to conventional pharmacological management.
  • INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CONTROL GROUP
  • 1. OPD and admitted patients meeting the criteria from International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD-10) for the diagnosis of conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions (F44.5, dissociative seizure) with or without co morbid diagnosis of
  • depression (F32), adjustment disorder (F43.2) and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (F41.2).
  • 2. Patients have developed symptoms of dissociative seizure (F44.5) in past six months and are treatment naive since then.
  • 3. Age should be between 18-60years at the time of first contact and matched with intervention group.
  • 4. Age, gender and education (years) should be matched with intervention group.
  • 5. Patients should be cooperative for the assessment, intervention and formally educated up to minimum Vth grade.
  • 6. Those who are not adequately psychological minded or it is not possible to visit hospital weekly (e.g. stays far off place).
  • 7. Patient should consent for study as well as only conventional pharmacological management.

Exclusion Criteria

  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR BOTH INTERVENTION AND CONTROL GROUP
  • 1) Past history of any type of dissociative or other psychiatric disorder.
  • 2) Patients having any hearing or vision problems.
  • 3) Head injury, epilepsy or any structural brain lesion or organic brain syndrome (based
  • on clinical examination and investigation reports), dementia any endocrinological illness or taking the treatment for the same.
  • 4) Those patients failed to attend three consecutive sessions of psychological intervention or not following instructions (e.g. medication compliance can’t be assured either verbally or conformed by checking empty foils, or not doing homework for psychological intervention etc)

Investigators

Sponsor
Institutional Ethical Commitee, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospital

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