effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Conditions
- Prolonged Grief Disorder.Psychological and behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- IRCT20231103059943N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
having informed consent, loss of relatives, age range between 18 and 60 years, having literacy, no history/current presence of severe psychiatric diseases or alcohol or drug use based on (5-RV: DSM-5-SCID), scoring higher than the cut-off point in grief questionnaires (scoring higher than 102), anger, guilt feeling(scoring score higher than 135) and self-destructive behaviors (score higher than 5). Also, at least 1 year has passed since the death of their loved ones, and the deceased must be a first-degree relative of the subject.
. stressful events after entering the study (such as death of relatives), entering other psychological intervention courses (simultaneous participation in other psychotherapies), frequent absences from treatment sessions (three sessions) and more), starting to take psychiatric drugs (including antidepressants, anti-anxiety and other psychiatric drugs that may affect the dependent variables of this research), having suicidal thoughts during treatment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scores of clients in , anger (STAXI-2), guilt (GFQ) and self-destructive behaviors (SHI) questionnaires. Timepoint: The beginning of treatment. Completion of treatment. 3 months after completion of treatment. Method of measurement: Grief (GEQ), anger (STAXI-2), guilt (GFQ) and self-destructive behaviors (SHI).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method