Clinical trials: Psychopathy
Psychopathy
Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Social Cognition, Cognitive Processing, and Functional Brain Architecture
This clinical trial will examine whether transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive form of brain stimulation, can influence social cognition, cognitive processing, and brain function in adults with elevated…
- Trial name
- NCT07635940
- Testing
- continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Non-Interventional Pilot Study to Explore the Role of Gut Flora in Autism
This study seeks to correlate microbiome sequencing data with information provided by patients and their medical records regarding autism.
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Autism, Akinetic
- Trial name
- NCT04100863
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- ProgenaBiome
Aggression, Stress
The Therapeutic Effects of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Equine-assisted interventions (EAI) are an emerging form of alternate psychotherapy that has been increasingly found to produce improvements in various treatment outcomes.
- Conditions
- Aggression, Stress, Psychopathy, Empathy
- Trial name
- EAP (NCT04200612)
- Testing
- Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Equine-Assisted Activities
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chua Yi Rong Shawn
Empathy, Autism
Empathy, Psychopathy and Autism: Behavioural Associations and the Role of an Oxytocin Receptor Polymorphism in a Non-clinical Adult Population
This is an investigation into the associations between psychopathic traits, autistic traits and empathy (cognitive and affective) in the general population as measured using three self report questionnaires and one behavioural…
- Conditions
- Empathy, Autism, Psychopathy
- Trial name
- NCT04746027
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St Mary's University College
Vision Disorders, Stress, Psychological
Effectiveness of a Cognitive-behavioral Program of Coping With Psychological Stress in People With Retinitis Pigmentosa
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive - behavioral therapy for the control of psychopathological stress and the disease of people with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).
- Conditions
- Vision Disorders, Stress, Psychological, Psychopathy, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT03368027)
- Testing
- A cognitive-behavioral intervention program, Standard intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Psychopathy, Violent Aggressive Behavior
Emotion Recognition Training in Antisocial Violent Offenders With Psychopathic Traits
Impaired recognition of affective facial expressions has been conclusively linked to antisocial and psychopathy. However, little is known about the modifiability of this deficit.
- Conditions
- Psychopathy, Violent Aggressive Behavior, Emotional Problem
- Trial name
- NCT03382808
- Testing
- SEE Training, GAZE Training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Psychopathy, Mental Disorders
The Role of Norepinephrine in Emotional Processing
This study will examine the role of a brain chemical called norepinephrine in thinking, decision-making, and emotional processing. After norepinephrine is released from a brain cell, it binds to another brain cell's receptor.
- Trial name
- NCT00109642
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Substance Use, Psychopathy
The Impact of Psychopathic Traits on the Efficacy of a Substance Use Intervention
Substance use among criminal offenders constitutes a major public health problem and is tied to negative consequences for offenders, their families, and their communities.
- Trial name
- NCT01532934
- Testing
- motivational enhancement therapy, standard care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Psychopathy, Personality Disorders
Matching Cognitive Remediation to Cognitive Deficits in Substance-Abusing Inmates
This is a 2 -year NIDA funded grant (Co-PIs: Joseph P. Newman, John Curtin, and Carl Lejuez) that examines whether recent progress in characterizing the cognitive deficits associated with psychopathic and externalizing offenders…
- Trial name
- NCT01428349
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison