The present study wish to compare the preliminarily effects and feasibility of Modified Collaborative Assessment (MCA) - a novel therapeutic approach to diagnostic assessment - with assessment-as-usual among patients with evasiveness as a core psychopathological feature in a randomised controlled study design.
The present study wish to compare the preliminarily effects and feasibility of Modified Collaborative Assessment (MCA) - a novel therapeutic approach to diagnostic assessment - with assessment-as-usual (AAU) among patients with evasiveness as a core psychopathological feature in a randomised controlled study design. The study will include and randomise 42 patients 1:1 to either MCA or AAU, which will be administered as a pre-treatment to the standard psychotherapeutic intervention they will receive in the psychotherapeutic clinic. MCA will utilize standardised psychological tests administered in collaboration with the patients, in order to thorough diagnose the included patients. The tests available will be the Present State Examination (PSE), the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD), the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP), the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), the Examination of anomalous self-experience (EASE), the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV), the Level of Personality Functioning - Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF), the Personality Inventory for DSM-5, 36 item version (PID-36) and the Conners´ Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS). Data are gathered through a number of questionnaires from patients prior to randomization (T0), at end of MCA (T1) and after four weeks of psychotherapy (T2) - absolute time depend on clinical logistics and timing of group therapy onset.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
42
The Modified Collaborative Assessment (MCA) will be assessment of the patients that Is more thoroughly-done, and which will be inspired by the school of Therapeutic Assessment and Collaborative Assessment. It will include the EASE, SCID-interview, PSE, ADOS and SCIP-interviews.
Assessment as usual is the standard assessment the patients will receive in the clinic. It includes one or more interviews with a mental health professional in the clinic.
Psykiatrisk Klinik Maribo
Maribo, Region Sjælland, Denmark
Psykiatrisk Klinik Næstved
Næstved, Region Sjælland, Denmark
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA)
The URICA is a 32-item self-report measure that includes 4 subscales measuring the motivation for change: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Action, and Maintenance. The minimum score is 32 and maximum value is 160. A higher score indicate that the patient is more ready to making changes in their life, compared to a lower.
Time frame: Baseline T0 (Week 1 after allocation) and T1 (end of intervention, an average of four weeks after allocation)
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self- Report (LSAS)
The 24-item LSAS-SR, includes questions pertaining to social interaction and performance situations. The LSAS-SR have shown to have good convergent, discriminant validity, and reliability. The minimum score is 48 and maximum value is 144. A higher score indicate that the patient have greater problems with anxiety, compared to a lower.
Time frame: Baseline T0 (Week 1 after allocation); T1 (end of intervention, an average of four weeks after allocation) and T2 (after one month psychotherapy)
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