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The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic CBT Protocol on Anxiety Disorders
Sponsor: Ibn Haldun University
Summary
The transdiagnostic approach argues that the common features are needed to be taken into account \[e.g. distress intolerance (DI), intolerance of uncertainty (IU), worry)\] underlying emotional disorders rather than evaluating them separately due to the fact that the dissection of anxiety disorders has increased with each emerging version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), in which the classification of anxiety disorders resulted in an increased number of intervention protocols for each disorder. This also caused an increase of comorbidity among anxiety disorders. Transdiagnostic approach offers a unified protocol (UP) for strengthening the common features, and thereby both preventing the emergence of emotional disorders or intervening the symptom severity of emotional disorders, which can be applied to different types of emotional disorders. The main aim of this study is to develop a UP which is planned to be applied as a group therapy. The UP will include interventions developing the levels of common transdiagnostic features (DI, IU and worry). The study's second aim is to investigate the effect of the developed UP on DI, IU and worry. The third one is to search the effect of the developed UP on symptom severity levels of anxiety disorders. Fourthly, this study will search if the levels of transdiagnostic common features (DI, IU and worry) will predict the levels of symptom severity of anxiety disorders'.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2024-06-20
Completion Date
2025-01
Last Updated
2024-09-19
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Unified Protocol for Anxiety Disorders
The UP is planned in group therapy format and includes interventions on common transdiagnostic features. The sessions in the protocol are planned as follows: Session 1 - Assessment: introduction, talking on group rules and the process, setting goals Session 2 - Psychoeducation: the CBT model is introduced. Session 3 - Emotions: the role of emotions are discussed. Session 4, 5 \& 6 - Thoughts: the role of thoughts is mentioned. The participants learn to challenge unfunctional thoughts and generate alternative explanations. Also, exercises on excessive worry are applied. Session 7 - Behaviors: the role of behaviors and the things that can/cannot be controlled are discussed. Session 8 - Evaluation \& Maintaining Accomplishments: includes a review of what has been learnt during the group therapy and an evaluation on maintaining the accomplishments. Session 9 - Follow-up session: one month later.
Client-centered Supportive Therapy
Client-entered therapy provides a non-directive supportive environment for the participants, that includes reflective listening and nonjudgmental and empathic communication. In this group, no CBT intervention will be applied. Through the supportive and non-directive environment, only the effect of relationship will be investigated as a common factor in psychotherapy.
Locations (1)
Iclal AYDIN
Zeyti̇nburnu, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)