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Assessing the effectiveness and the feasibility of a group-based treatment for self-stigma in people with mental disorders in routine mental health services in North-East Italy: study protocol for a pragmatic multisite randomized controlled trial.

Antonio Lasalvia, Luca Bodini, Doriana Cristofalo, Veronica Fin, Philip T Yanos, Chiara Bonetto

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Article in Trials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06567145 (Assessing the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Group-based Treatment for Self-stigma in People With Mental Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Assessing the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Group-based Treatment for Self-stigma in People With Mental Disorders: a Pragmatic Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial in Routine Mental Health Services in North-east Italy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversita di VeronaRan2024 to 2025Enrolled416ConditionsStigma, Mental Disorders, Self-stigmaArmsNarrative Enhancement Cognitive Therapy (NECT)
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The Prejudice Towards People with Mental Illness Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version (PPMI-IT).European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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6 authors.

Antonio LasalviaSection of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi", P.Le Scuro, 10 37134, Verona, Italy. antonio.lasalvia@univr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-6081
Luca BodiniSection of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi", P.Le Scuro, 10 37134, Verona, Italy.
Doriana CristofaloSection of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi", P.Le Scuro, 10 37134, Verona, Italy.
Veronica FinSection of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi", P.Le Scuro, 10 37134, Verona, Italy.
Philip T YanosJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Chiara BonettoSection of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi", P.Le Scuro, 10 37134, Verona, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSelf-stigma refers to the process whereby individuals with mental disorders internalize negative societal attitudes and misconceptions about mental health conditions, potentially affecting their sense of self-worth and identity. This internalization can significantly impact various aspects of life, including treatment engagement, personal relationships, and overall well-being. Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT) was developed in the United States to counteract self-stigma and has been supported by multiple randomized controlled trials. However, NECT has not yet been implemented in Italy or within a public mental health system grounded in community psychiatry. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of the Italian version of the NECT within the public mental health sector in a large part of North-East Italy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This pragmatic, multisite, superiority, randomized, wait-list controlled trial with two parallel arms will recruit over four hundred patients with severe mental disorders from 26 public community-based mental health centers in North-East Italy. The experimental intervention, NECT, consists of 20 group-based sessions to reduce self-stigma. The study will assess NECT's impact on several psychological dimensions, including self-stigma levels (primary outcome), self-esteem, hope, empowerment, recovery perception, mental well-being, and stigma stress (secondary outcomes). Feasibility will be evaluated by collecting data on participant adherence and treatment implementation, including eligibility screening, participation rates, intervention completion, exposure levels, and reasons for dropout. DISCUSSION: The findings of this research are expected to contribute to the understanding of effective treatments for patients with mental disorders, particularly those burdened by high levels of self-stigma, and to improve their recovery outcomes.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov; Identifier: NCT06567145.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyMental DisordersPersons with Psychiatric DisordersPsychotherapy, GroupSelf ConceptSocial StigmaEquivalence Trials as TopicFeasibility StudiesHumansItalyMulticenter Studies as TopicPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeNECTQuality of lifeRecoverySelf-stigmaSevere mental illness anti-stigma intervention

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