Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Group Natural Psychotherapy for Anxiety Symptoms
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: CBT-001 Multi-dose, Natural Psychotherapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anxiety Symptoms. Basic parameters: 18 years — 30 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Group Natural Psychotherapy for Anxiety Symptoms In Chinese University Students
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Behavioral CBT-001 Multi-dose
CBT-1 is a 4-week structured online group cognitive behavioral therapy program tailored for college students with subclinical anxiety. The protocol systematically guides participants to deconstruct anxiety into an interconnected loop of situations, automatic thoughts, and behaviors. - Behavioral Natural Psychotherapy
NPT's principle is fundamentally about fostering a proactive mindset. The participants are encouraged to actively seek out and engage with life's inherent challenges and discomforts as a path to growth. The emphasis is on cultivating courage and initiative as a characterological trait, transforming the individual's relationship with fear itself, rather than solely habituating to specific triggers. This represents a shift from a disorder-specific protocol to a life-oriented philosophy.
Primary outcome measures
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) [Time frame: Baseline, After 1 Week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Beck Depression Inventory（BDI） [Time frame: Baseline, After 1 week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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.
Exclusion criteria
- 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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Tsinghua University — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07731568 · ThuPsy-202601