Overview
The aim of this study is to explore if individual CFT-based intervention with exposure training in virtual reality decreases conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemoitonal traits , as well as increases subjective emotional welbeing among 15-to-20 year-old male prisoners and boys placed to state's residential schools. We will also study factors that may predict adherence to the intervention. These factors include mental well-being, motivation, and working alliance. In addition, we will evaluate the costs of the program.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Express conduct disorder psychopathology and psychopathic personality traits
- Are placed to a prison or a state residential school for at least 9 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Females
- Non-Finninsh-speaking
- Remaining in the institution facility less than 9 months
- Intellectual dissability
- Presence of psychotic symptoms
- Autism
- History of epilepsy
- Currently participating another psychotherapeutic intervention