Tailored Care for Somatoform Vertigo/Dizziness
Somatoform Vertigo/Dizziness
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Somatoform Vertigo/Dizziness focused on measuring Somatoform disorder, Functional vertigo/dizziness, Chronic subjective dizziness
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- SVD diagnosis
- Clinically relevant SVD (VHQ sum score > 45)
- Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Insufficient German language ability
- Insufficient cognitive abilities (Mini Mental State Test (MMST) ≤ 27)
- Severe and chronic comorbid somatic or mental disease (e.g., suicidality, severe depression, drug addiction)
- Current psychotherapeutic treatment
- Living > 50 km away from Munich
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
SVD-tailored Integrative Psychotherapy (IPT)
Self-help group (SHG)
IPT is a short-term psychotherapy aiming to ameliorate both physical and psychosocial distress. It emanates from a multidirectional and dynamic relationship among body, mind, and environment irrespective of causality. In a multi-component approach, other elements are integrated into it, such as cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic techniques, psychoeducation and body-oriented techniques. The IPT intervention tailored to SVD will be delivered for 16 weeks in a manualised setting with one group session per week (à 90 minutes) and one additional booster session three months after the end of the therapy. The group psychotherapy is on a 6-8:1 basis and will be conducted by a psychotherapist trained on the basis of the manual and under regular clinical supervision.
The experimental condition will be compared to moderated self-help groups without the implementation of additional therapeutic interventions. Those can be classified as low-level non-placebo control. Treatment will consist of 16 weekly moderated SHG sessions (one weekly session à 90 minutes) and one additional booster-session at three months after the end of the control intervention to be delivered on a 6-8:1 basis by a trained SHG moderator under clinical supervision.