Firstly this study tries to answer the question whether applying well-being therapy to outpatients with a mild affective disorder in Dutch mental health care, reveals a trend in which well-being is increased and psychiatric complaints are reduced.…
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Brief title
Condition
- Other condition
- Mood disorders and disturbances NEC
Synonym
Health condition
Angststoornissen en symptomen
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Well-being, as measured with the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF).
Psychological complaints as measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression
Scale (HADS).
Secondary outcome
The experience of patients and therapists with well-being therapy.
Background summary
People attending mental health care often seek to enhance their mental health
because they experience an increase of psychological complaints in their life.
The usual response is to offer people psychological treatment that focusses on
the reduction of these complaints. The question now arises if this is the only
and most preferable route to recovery. There is growing evidence that recovery
consists of a combination between reduction of psychological complaints as well
as an increase in well-being. Experiencing psychological complaints and
experiencing a reduction of well-being are related but seem to be different
factors at the same time. However, most treatment in mental health care focuses
exclusively on the reduction of psychological complaints, while the treatment
in this study is focussed on enhancing well-being. We expect that as a result
mental health will increase, because of an increase in well-being as well as a
reduction in psychological complaints.
Study objective
Firstly this study tries to answer the question whether applying well-being
therapy to outpatients with a mild affective disorder in Dutch mental health
care, reveals a trend in which well-being is increased and psychiatric
complaints are reduced.
Secondly the intention is to learn more about the experiences of the
participants (patients as well as therapists) with this new form of therapy, to
be able to carry out further development and adjustments if necessary.
The outcome of this study can be used to account for a randomized controlled
trail.
Study design
A pilot study with a pretest- posttest design. The study is quantitative in its
question about the effect of well-being therapy, and qualitative in its
question about the experience of the patients and therapists with well-being
therapy.
Intervention
Participants will be treated with well-being therapy, a short-term protocol (6
sessions) in which they will actively focus on the enhancement of well-being.
Study burden and risks
Participants will be treated with well-being therapy. They will be asked to
answer two questionnaires at three specific moments. In total participants will
spend a maximum of 75 minutes on the questionnaires over a period of 6 months.
Also, one in four participants will randomly be invited to participate in a
semi-structured interview which is estimated to last approximately half an
hour.
There is no expectation of well-being therapy being a risk for participants. In
earlier studies well-being therapy has proved to be effective, and patients
voluntarily participate in this study.
Participants may benefit from this study with an increase in well-being as well
as an expected decrease of psychological complaints.
Ropcke Zweerslaan 2
Hardenberg 7772 RV
NL
Ropcke Zweerslaan 2
Hardenberg 7772 RV
NL
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Inclusion criteria
-Classification according to DSM IV-TR of an anxiety or affective disorder as follows from an intake.
-Participants are indicated for the 'middle' category in mental health care.
-A below average score (<2.13) on the Mental Health Continuüm-Short Form (MHC- SF) before treatment. (this cut off score was based on the mean minus one SD (Lamers et al., 2011) and the expectation that clients with a higher score will have less possibilities for measurable improvements.
-Age between 18 and 65 years.
Exclusion criteria
- Poor Dutch language.
- Complex psychiatric problems which requires special mental health care.
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
No registrations found.
Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL50778.044.15 |
| OMON | NL-OMON28550 |