Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Group Natural Psychotherapy for Anxiety Symptoms
ConditionAnxiety Symptoms
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-30
SponsorBeijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Natural Psychotherapy(NPT) works to treat anxiety symptoms in university students. It will also learn about the efficacy of Natural Psychotherapy in comparison to CBT.
The main questions are: Does online group Natural Psychotherapy lower the participants' anxiety symptoms? Is there any difference between NPT and CBT? Researchers will compare online group Natural Psychotherapy to online group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) to see if Natural Psychotherapy works better to lower anxiety symptoms.
Participants will:
Attend online groupNPT or group CBT once a week for 4 weeks; Complete online questionnaires before the intervention, after the first week, after four weeks and after eight weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Voluntarily signed the informed consent form
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) total score≥4
Chinese
Aged 18-30 years, currently enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
Disqualifiers
Severe depression or high risk of suicide
History of substance abuse, drug dependence, or psychotic disorders
Severe neurological diseases, severe somatic illnesses, or other conditions unsuitable for physical labor or physical activities
History of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within the past 6 months, or currently undergoing other pharmacological or systematic psychological treatments.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- CBT-001 Multi-dose
- Natural Psychotherapy
Treatment groups
55 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
Lead sponsor
Tsinghua University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov