Promoting stigma coping and empowerment in patients with schizophrenia and depression: results of a cluster-RCT.

Promoting stigma coping and empowerment in patients with schizophrenia and depression: results of a cluster-RCT. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019 Sep 13;: Authors: Gaebel W, Zäske H, Hesse K, Klingberg S, Ohmann C, Grebe J, Kolbe H, Icks A, Schneider F, Backes V, Wolff-Menzler C, Guse B, Gallinat J, Bock T, Jockers-Scherübl MC, Krüger T, Jessen F, Bechdolf A, Kircher T, Konrad C, Falkai P, Schaub A, Rudolph M, Köllner V, Schmid-Ott G, Linden M, Lieberei B, Stuhlinger M, Sommerfeld S, Schumacher A, Krenge S, Gereke S, Mönter N, Navarro-Urena A, Frosch G, Kuhlbusch FJ, Cleveland H, Riesbeck M Abstract There is a need for interventions supporting patients with mental health conditions in coping with stigma and discrimination. A psycho-educational group therapy module to promote stigma coping and empowerment (STEM) was developed and tested for efficacy in patients with schizophrenia or depression. 30 clinical centers participated in a cluster-randomized clinical trial, representing a broad spectrum of mental health care settings: in-patient (acute treatment, rehabilitation), out-patient, and day-hospitals. As randomized, patients in the intervention group clusters/centers received an illness-specific eight sessions standard psychoeducational group therapy plus three specific sessions on stigma coping and empowerment ('STEM'). In the control group clusters the same standard psychoeducational group therapy was extended to 11 se...
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