Group treatment for complex dissociative disorders: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with complex dissociative disorders (CDD) report high levels of childhood- abuse experiences, clinical comorbidity, functional impairment, and treatment utilization. Although a few naturalistic studies indicate that these patients can benefit from psychotherapy, no randomized controlled trials have been reported with this patient-group. The current study evaluates a structured protocolled group treatment delivered in a naturalistic clinical setting to patients with CDD, as an add-on to individual treatment.

Methods

Fifty nine patients with CDD were randomized to 20 sessions of stabilizing group-treatment, conjoint with individual therapy, or individual therapy alone, in a delayed-treatment design. The treatment was based on the manual Coping with Trauma-R

SUBMITTER: Bækkelund H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9112598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature