EMDR Flash Forward as an intervention on the mental images of worst case scenarios in paranoid delusions
- Conditions
- schizophrenia spectrum disorder, with paranoid delusions as a core symptom
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20606
- Lead Sponsor
- MC Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
1.The participants have been diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, with paranoid delusions as a core symptom (DSM-V).
2.A score on the Psyrats DRS of> 15.
3.The age must be between 16 and 60 years.
4.Prescribed medication for the treatment of psychosis must be stable for at least a month.
5.A comorbid diagnosis of PTSD must have been treated adequately and symptoms must be in remission.
1.Participants who still have to be adjusted to appropriate antipsychotic medication.
2.Participants with serious dissociative symptoms.
3.Participants with an alcohol or substance dependence
4.Participants with an organic syndrome or learning disability, or severe visual impairments.
5.Participants who are already following a different psychological treatment aimed at delusions.
6.Participants who have insufficient understanding of the Dutch language.
7.Participants who are suicidal.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary Objective: Investigate whether EMDR Flash Forward is a feasible intervention to process emotionally disturbing mental images of worst case scenarios that occur in paranoid delusions, in order to decreases the preoccupation with the delusion. This is operationalized by a lower score on the Psyrats DRS (Psychotic Symptoms, Delusion Rating Scale)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary Objective: Investigate whether the patient is less inclined to avoid situations caused by the paranoid delusion in his/her daily life if he/she is less preoccupied with the worst case scenario’s (after the intervention on the mental images). This is operationalized by lower scores on the SBQ (Safety Behavior Questionnaire)