Mentalization-based treatment for psychotic disorder: a rater-blinded, multi-center, randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impaired mentalizing ability - an impaired ability to understand one's own and other people's behavior in terms of mental states - is associated with social dysfunction in non-affective psychotic disorder (NAPD). We tested whether adding mentalization-based treatment for psychotic disorder (MBTp) to treatment as usual (TAU) results in greater improvement in social functioning.

Methods

Multicenter, rater-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Eighty-four patients with NAPD were assigned to TAU or MBTp plus TAU. Patients in the MBTp group received 18 months of MBTp, consisting of weekly group sessions and one individual session per 2 weeks. Social functioning was measured using the Social Functioning Scale. We conducted ANCOVAs to examine the difference between treat

SUBMITTER: Weijers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature