NCT02076867.

Trial name or title	Halifax Somatic Symptom Disorder Trial: A Randomized Parallel Group Cross‐Over Study of Intensive Short‐Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Compared to Medical Treatment as Usual for Somatic Symptoms in the Emergency Department
Methods	Randomized Parallel Group Cross‐Over Study
Participants	Men and women aged 18‐65 years with somatic symptom and related disorders (as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders 5th Edition Research Version (SCID‐5‐RV))
Interventions	Intervention: Intensive Short‐Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Control: Medical Care As Usual (MCAU)
Outcomes	Primary outcome measure: Change in Somatic Symptom Severity score using the SOMS‐7 Secondary outcome measures:  Patient Health Questionnaire‐depression scale (PHQ‐9); Whiteley Index for Health Anxiety; Short Form Health Survey (SF‐12); Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP‐32); Presence of somatic symptom and related disorder diagnosis using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders Version 5
Starting date	March 2014
Contact information	Joel Town DClinPsy, telephone: 1‐902‐473‐2543, email: joel.town@dal.ca
Notes

CORE‐OM: Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure; GAD‐7: 7‐item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; PHQ‐9: 9‐item Patient Health Questionnaire; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SF‐12: 12‐item Short‐Form Health Survey; STPP: short‐term psychodynamic psychotherapy.