CFT-focused Mental Health Intervention With Exposure Training for Youngsters

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of this study is to explore if individual CFT-based intervention with exposure training in virtual reality decreases conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemoitonal traits , as well as increases subjective emotional welbeing among 15-to-20 year-old male prisoners and boys placed to state's residential schools. We will also study factors that may predict adherence to the intervention. These factors include mental well-being, motivation, and working alliance. In addition, we will evaluate the costs of the program.

Official Title
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Compassion-focused Mental Health Intervention With Exposure Training in Virtual Reality for Youngsters Living in an Institution

Conditions
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Psychopathic Personality Trait, Conduct Disorder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Express conduct disorder psychopathology and psychopathic personality traits Are placed to a prison or a state residential school for at least 9 months Exclusion Criteria: Females Non-Finninsh-speaking Remaining in the institution facility less than 9 months Intellectual dissability Presence of psychotic symptoms Autism History of epilepsy Currently participating another psychotherapeutic intervention

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Years
Maximum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Youngsters who get CFT + VR<br>yougsters, who get compassion-focused short intervention together with training in virtual reality together with general psychosocial rehabilitation offered by prisons and state residential schools | Behavioral: Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)<br>* Psychopathy.comp is a CFT-based manualized program of 20 sessions a 60 min, on a weekly basis. During the CFT-intervention, partipants try out their new skills in a tailored VR setting (x5)<br>|
| No Intervention: Treatment as usual<br>youngsters, who get only general psychosocial rehabilitation offered by prisons and state residential schools | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The self-reported change in Youth Pysychopathic traits Inventory- short version (YPI-S) and in the factors of it | Measures both conduct prolems and psychopathic traits | 5 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Short Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing scale (SWEMWBS) | measures general psychosocial well-being | 5months | 
| Difficulties in Emotion Regulating Scale-Short form (DERS-SF) | measures emotion regulation style | 5 months | 
| WHO's quality of life questionnaire- Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) | measures quality of life | 5 months | 
| Self-Compassion Scale- Short Form (SCS-SF) | measures self-compassion | 5 months | 
| Santa Clara Compassion Scale | masures compassion against other people | 5 months | 
| Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE) | measures how the intervention is felt by the youngster | 5 months | 
| Situational intrinsic and extrinsic motivation scale (SIMS) | measures younster's motivation to participate the intervention | 5 months | 
| Toronto Alexitymia Scale (TAS-20) | measures aleksitymia | 5 months | 
| The Personal Feelings Questionnaire- brief version (PFQ-2 Brief) | measures feelings of quilt | 5 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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psychotherapy, virtual reality, boys