Effects of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) - neurofeedback on emotion regulation in patients with self-injurious behavior (SI): a pilot study
- Conditions
- on-suicidal self-injury syndrome (DSM-5)X84Intentional self-harm by unspecified means
- Registration Number
- DRKS00017557
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie der Universität Regensburg am Bezirksklinikum Regensburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting withdrawn before recruiting started
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 20
• Female
• Sufficient understanding of the German language
• right handed
• Informed consent of the study participant and their legal guardians
• Self-injurious behavior according to the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-V classification (at least five times self-harm without suicidal intention in the past year)
• Age at baseline: 12-17 years
• Treatment at the KJP Regensburg
• Additional neurological or medical conditions that are believed to influence brain development / physiology
• Pre-existing neurological or endocrine disease
• Taking glucocorticoid-containing medications
• Pregnancy
• intellectual impairment (IQ <80)
• Acute psychotic disorder or acute psychiatric condition, which could affect the ability of patients / volunteers to consent
• acute suicidality
• lack of consent
• MRI-specific contraindications: metallic foreign bodies, tattoos with metallic pigments, claustrophobia, cardiac pacemakers and defibrillator systems, cochlear implants, implanted insulin pumps, non-removable magnetic material piercings.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In-between analysis between two intervention arms pre / post NIRS neurofeedback including fMRI imaging, neurophysiological and psychometric methods.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method