Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy for Drug-resistant Epilepsy

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2011

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Conditions
EpilepsyStress
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based therapy

Mindfulness-based therapy is a four biweekly two-and-a-half-hour psychotherapy tailored for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. The aims of this therapy are to introduce and practice mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques in coping with drug-resistant epilepsy.

BEHAVIORAL

Social support group

Social support group is an attention-placebo with the same contact hours (four bi-weekly two-and-a-half-hour) as the experimental group, but without active treatment input. The aim of the social support group is to provide a supportive group atmosphere for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

CUHK Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

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