Effectiveness of Motivation Skills Training (MST)
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
In brief
This study will take place at four outpatient clinics serving adults with serious mental illness. Informed consent will be obtained from N=80 individuals with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM)-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria to participate in a randomized controlled trial comparing Motivation Skills Training (MST) to a Healthy Behaviors Control (HBC) group. Eligible participants will receive a baseline assessment including sociodemographic and psychosocial assessments, measures of motivation, goal attainment, and quality of life, as well as measures of executive skills, community functioning, and psychiatric symptoms severity. Both MST and HBC will be implemented as once weekly group therapies. The treatment phase is approximately 12-14 weeks. MST will focus on motivation knowledge and self-regulation skills while HBC will focus on physical health and health-related skills.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05805397
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2024-04-15
- Expected to finish
- 2026-11-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18-65
- DSM-5 Diagnosis of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder
- Medically and psychiatrically stable outpatient status
- English Fluency
You may not qualify if…
- Indications of Intellectual Disability as documented in medical history or measured by < 70 premorbid full scale Intelligence Quotient (IQ) estimate
- Severe substance use within the past three months determined by DSM-5 criteria
- Neurologic condition causing brain disease
- Mild to severe cognitive impairment associated with possible dementia measured by a Mini Mental Status Exam score below 20 in individuals ages 60 and older
Where it is running
- The Bridge, Inc. — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
- New York State Office of Mental Health — New York, New York, United States
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