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Short-term intensive psychodynamic group therapy versus cognitive-behavioral group therapy in day treatment of anxiety disorders and comorbid depressive or personality disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Hubert Suszek, Paweł Holas, Tomasz Wyrzykowski, Steinar Lorentzen, Andrzej Kokoszka

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Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02126787 (Short-term, Intensive Psychodynamic Group Therapy Versus Cognitive-behavioral Group Therapy in the Day Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Comorbid Depressive or Personality Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02126787 naunknown statusnot on this map

Short-term, Intensive Psychodynamic Group Therapy Versus Cognitive-behavioral Group Therapy in the Day Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Comorbid Depressive or Personality Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of WarsawRan2014 to 2016Enrolled123ConditionsAnxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Personality DisordersArmsIntensive Group Analytic Psychotherapy, Intensive transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral group therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
    Pooled it
  2. Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hubert SuszekFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183, Warsaw, Poland. hubert.suszek@psych.uw.edu.pl.
Paweł HolasFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183, Warsaw, Poland. pawel.holas@gmail.com.
Tomasz WyrzykowskiWola Hospital, ul. Kasprzaka 17, 01-211, Warsaw, Poland. tomaszwyrzykowski@wp.pl.
Steinar LorentzenInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1039, , Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway. steinar.lorentzen@medisin.uio.no.
Andrzej KokoszkaII Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Kondratowicza 8, 03-242, Warsaw, Poland. andrzej.kokoszka@wum.edu.pl.
Medical University of Warsaw · PLUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPsychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral group therapies are frequently applied in day hospitals for the treatment of anxiety disorders and comorbid depressive or personality disorders in Poland and other Eastern European countries. Yet there is not enough evidence as to their effectiveness in this environment; this study addresses this gap. The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of these two kinds of day treatment care consisting of intensive, short-term group psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapy, for patients with anxiety disorders and/or comorbid depressive or personality disorders. Our objectives are to: 1) show the effectiveness of each treatment in a day-care setting relative to the wait-list control group; 2) demonstrate the relative short- and long-term effectiveness of the two active treatments; 3) carry out a preliminary examination of the predictors and moderators of treatment response; 4) carry out a preliminary examination of the mediators of therapeutic change; and 5) compare the impact of both methods of treatment on the outcome of the measures used in this study. METHODS/

designIn this randomized controlled trial, a total of 199 patients with anxiety disorders and comorbid depressive and/or personality disorders will be assigned to one of three conditions: 1) psychodynamic group therapy; 2) cognitive-behavioral group therapy; or 3) wait-list control group. The therapy will last 12 weeks. Both treatments will be manualized (the manuals will address comorbidity). Primary outcome measures will include self-reported symptoms of anxiety, observer-rated symptoms of anxiety, global improvement, and recovery rate. Secondary outcome measures will include the number of pathological personality traits, depression, self-esteem, defense mechanisms, beliefs about self and others, interpersonal problems, object relations, parental bonding, meta-cognition, and quality of life. Measures will be taken at baseline, post-treatment, and at six months following the end of therapy. DISCUSSION: The rationale is to investigate how effectively anxiety disorders and/or comorbid depressive or personality disorders can be treated in a day hospital setting, typical of the Polish health care system, during a three-month treatment period.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT02126787 , registered on 28 April 2014.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyDay Care, MedicalPsychotherapy, GroupPsychotherapy, PsychodynamicAnxiety DisordersClinical ProtocolsComorbidityDepressive DisorderHumansPersonality DisordersPolandPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesResearch DesignTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID26220089
PMCPMC4517633
OpenAlexW1503541388

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