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Study identifier: NCT05698589 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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COMpassion for Psychiatric Disorders And Self-Stigma

Condition: Bipolar Disorder · Schizophrenia · Depression  ·  Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

PhaseNA
Planned participants336
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

People with mental disorders face frequent stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors from others . In response to this, they tend to isolate themselves, with the risk of impeding care and the process of recovery and integration into society . Stigmatization can also be assimilated by patients themselves - i.e. self-stigma. Self-stigma is involved in diminished coping skills that lead to social avoidance and difficulties in adhering to care . Reducing self-stigma and its emotional corollary, shame, is thus crucial to attenuate the disability associated with mental illness. Shame is inherent to self-stigma and leads to difficulties in adhering to care as well as greater severity of clinical presentations . Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a third wave cognitive behavioral therapy that targets shame reduction and hostile self-to-self relationship and allows for symptom improvement while increasing self-compassion, a major resilience factor . Although shame is a prominent part of the concept of self-stigma, the efficacy of CFT has never been evaluated in individuals with high levels of self-stigma. In this study, the investigators will evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of a group based CFT program on decreasing self-stigma, compared to treatment as usual (TAU) and a psychoeducation program whose efficacy has been assessed in a previous trial.

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Talk to the study team

Luisa Weiner  ·  0033388116312  ·  weiner@unistra.fr

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Locations (7)

Pôle de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital Charles PerrensBordeaux, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
Ch Le VinatierBron, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, Service de Psychiatrie BClermont-Ferrand, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie d'adultes et d'addictologie du Grand Nancy, Centre Psychothérapique de NancyLaxou, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
CHU de Montpellier, Psychiatrie d'adultes, Hôpital la ColombièreMontpellier, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale (EPSM) de la Marne, Site Pierre-Briquet, Unité de réhabilitation psychosocialeReims, FranceNot Yet Recruiting
Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de StrasbourgStrasbourg, FranceRecruiting

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