Reducing Internalized Stigma in People With Serious Mental Illness

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression With Psychotic Features

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if Ending Self-Stigma (ESS), a 9-session group intervention designed to assist veterans with serious mental illness to develop skills (SMI) to effectively cope with stigma and minimize the internalization of stigmatizing beliefs and stereotypes, is more effective in reducing internalized stigma and its associated effects than an active comparison group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01259427

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

252

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• or Major Depression with Psychotic Features
• Age 18 to 80
• Receiving services at one of VA Medical Center study sites
• Ability and willingness to provide consent to participate
• Agreement obtained from the treating clinician that the patient is clinically stable enough to participate in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Severe or profound mental retardation by chart review

Where it is running

• Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Perry Point VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Perry Point, MD — Perry Point, Maryland, United States

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