Dissociation-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for people with dissociative disorders

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This interventional program delivers dissociation-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (DF-CBT) to adults diagnosed with dissociative disorders at several French university hospitals. Participants who meet eligibility criteria receive structured psychotherapy sessions and must have stable psychiatric medication if applicable. The protocol excludes people with active substance use disorder, certain severe psychiatric diagnoses, current psychotherapy, cognitive deficits, or benzodiazepine treatment. Previous exploratory, uncontrolled work has suggested DF-CBT may be promising, but controlled evidence is still needed.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* ≥ 18 years
* Membership of a social security scheme
* Participant's express consent
* Have at least one diagnosis of dissociative disorder among the following:

depersonalization/derealization disorder, dissociative identity disorder, unspecified dissociative disorder.

* Be able to carry out psychotherapy sessions.
* If taking psychiatric medication, treatment must have been stable for at least 30 days.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Present one of the following current diagnoses: substance use disorder (excluding tobacco), neurodevelopmental disorder, anorexia nervosa, severe depressive disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorder other than borderline personality disorder.
* Present cognitive deficits.
* Be engaged in psychotherapeutic work.
* Be undergoing benzodiazepine treatment.
* Pregnant women and breastfeeding women

Where it's running

• Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme CRP / CHRU TOURS
  Tours, France Recruiting
• Unité de Neuromodulation / CHU de Tours
  Tours, France Recruiting
• Psychiatrie / CHU ANGERS
  Angers, France Not yet recruiting
• Centre régional du Psychotraumatisme des Hauts de France / CHU LILLE
  Lille, France Not yet recruiting
• Urgences psychiatrique / CHU MONTPELLIER
  Montpellier, France Not yet recruiting
• Unité de neuromodulation en psychiatrie / CHU NANTES
  Nantes, France Not yet recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Wissam EL HAGE, MD-PhD — Unité de Neuromodulation / CHU de Tours
• Study coordinator: Alexis VANCAPPEL, PhD
• Email: alexis.vancappel@univ-tours.fr
• Phone: 02.34.37.89.47

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.