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Asylumseekers Experiencing Paranoid Delusions: A Virtual Reality Study

Recruitingn/aAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity Medical Center Groningen
NCT06692530 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Rationale: Ethnic minorities and asylumseekers have a two- to three-times increased risk of psychosis compared to people from their host country. Among patients experiencing psychosis, paranoid delusions are a common symptom. Diagnostic assessments are challenging in this group because of language differences and sociocultural differences in interpersonal social behavior and communication. To fill this gap this research will make use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess thoughts, behaviours and emotions in real-time. VR has a high ecological validity and its partial non-verbal nature has a clear potential in terms of a transcultural application among asylumseekers. Objective: The main objective of this study is to discover how asylumseekers with a psychotic disorder who are experiencing paranoid delusions behave and evaluate threat in a virtual environment. Secondary objectives: To assess

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 or over * Receiving treatment from CTP Veldzicht * Seeking asylum in the Netherlands, registered with Centraal Opvang Asielzoekers (COA) * Classification (primary or subsidiary classification) of a disorder categorized within the 'schizophreniaspectrum- and other psychotic disorders' (DSM-V) * Diagnosed with the symptom of paranoid delusion, defined as a PANSS score on the delusion item (P6) \>2 Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent * Acutely psychotic, which means overwhelmed by psychotic symptoms, agitated, not able to participate in an interview, as judged by a therapist or socio-therapist.
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What it tests

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Where

1 site
CTP Veldzicht
Balkbrug, Netherlands
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