Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Therapy (ACT) on Positive and Negative Psychotic Symptoms and Emotion regulation in Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Not Applicable

Conditions: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Schizophrenia

Registration Number: IRCT20210412050937N1

Lead Sponsor: niversity of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with the diagnosis of a psychiatrist based on DSM5 criteria, have positive and negative psychotic symptoms and their acute symptoms are in relative control
Being at the age of 18 and 45 years
Patients enter the study voluntarily and with informed consent or the opinion of the guardian

Patient's score in the positive and negative symptoms questionnaire and in the emotional regulation questionnaire should be higher than other patients

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who have criminal and judicial problems in terms of the judiciary (due to possible problems in accessing to patients)
Patients who have mental disorders other than schizophrenia according to a psychiatrist
Patients who have a drug addiction problem for any reason or have been admitted to a psychiatric hospital due to substance abuse
Patients with neurological disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, or severe concussion (based on patient records)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Positive and negative symptom score in Schizophrenia positive and negative symptom questionnaire. Timepoint: Measures of The Positive and Negative Symptoms two weeks before the start of the intervention (three baseline), all intervention sessions (16 Sessions), and 3 months after the end of the intervention (three follow-up lines). Method of measurement: The Positive and Negative Symptoms Questionnaire.;Emotional regulation score in the Gratz and Roemer Emotional Regulation Difficulties Questionnaire. Timepoint: Measures of emotional regulation two weeks before the start of the intervention (three baseline), all intervention sessions (16 sessions), and 3 months after the end of the intervention (three follow-up lines). Method of measurement: Gratz and Roemer Emotional Regulation Difficulties Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures