Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depersonalisation Derealisation Disorder (CBT-f-DDD): Study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder (DDD) is a distressing mental health condition which causes individuals to have a sense of 'unreality' or detachment about themselves and/or the world around them. DDD is chronically under-researched, and as a result, under-diagnosed, with a population prevalence of about 1%. In systematic reviews, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has been found to be the only intervention with significant clinical impact on alleviating the symptoms of DDD. However, previous studies have suffered from small sample sizes, reliance on expert clinicians to provide therapy and narrow population demographics. This feasibility randomised controlled trial aims to provide more robust evidence for the treatment efficacy of CBT in DDD.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: McRedmond G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315339 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature