Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Intensive 2-Week Intervention with Group Attention Training for Young Adults with Mixed Anxiety Disorders
Categories: Research project
In this project we aim to develop and establish the validity of a new psychodiagnostic self-report questionnaire for psychotherapy patients receiving Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).
About the Project
Attention training is an integral technique in metacognitive therapy. The project aims to shed light on how directing attention in individuals with anxiety disorders primarily affects anxiety but also measures outcomes such as depression, interpersonal difficulties, and work ability.
Objectives
The project aims to examine the feasibility of a group-based, intensive two-week treatment with attention training and whether the treatment leads to a reduction in anxiety symptoms and other outcome measures.
Background
Many young adults struggle with anxiety disorders, and through this project, we seek to explore the possibility of providing shorter and intensive inpatient treatment for this group. The intervention primarily consists of attention training, a change technique with a understandable rationale that is easy for therapists to administer. Data collection took place at the anxiety department from 2021 to 2023. The study is a pilot randomized controlled trial with a waitlist as a control. Patients were assessed during the evaluation, before and after treatment, and 3- and 6-months post-treatment. Additionally, patients responded to frequent daily measurements 2 weeks before treatment, during treatment, and 2 weeks post-treatment.
Sub-Projects
As part of their psychology master’s thesis, two psychology students, Ingrid Skjøtskift Johannessen and Emilie Lange Skinstad, investigated how individuals with social anxiety disorder who participated in the study experienced the therapy.
Funding
Funded through an innovation project with revenues from the public sector for innovation in patient treatment.
Collaboration
Involved Research Groups: COPE (Cognitive and Emotional Processes)
Contact Information
Project Contact: Therese Ruud Snuggerud
You can also reach us through the Modum Bad telephone service: 32 74 97 00.
Project team at Modum Bad
Roger Hagen, Ph.D.
Part-time senior researcher
Clinical psychologist, professor in clinical psychology
Project participants
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