Treating Psychosocial and Neural Consequences of Childhood Interpersonal Violence in Adults

Conditions

F43.1 F60.31

Enning F, Priebe K, Steil R, Görg N, Müller-Engelmann M, Schmahl C, Kleindienst N.

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Subjective and objective sleep disturbances following trauma-focused treatment

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Can therapists and senior advisors predict improvement of PTSD severity, based on clinical intuition and liking of their patients?

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2025-01-01

10.6084/m9.figshare.30553643

Can therapists and senior advisors predict improvement of PTSD severity, based on clinical intuition and liking of their patients?

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10.6084/m9.figshare.30553643.v1

Intrusive memory frequency and related inner tension following dialectical behavior therapy or cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: An e-diary study

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KITopen2025-01-01

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Long-term effects of dialectical behaviour therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive processing therapy 9 months after treatment termination

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SLEEP2021-12-216 citations

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Treating adults with a dual diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse: Results from a randomized clinical trial.

Kleindienst N, Steil R, Priebe K, Müller-Engelmann M, Biermann M, Fydrich T, Schmahl C, Bohus M.

2021-11-0116 citations

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD) Compared With Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in Complex Presentations of PTSD in Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Martin Bohus, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Christopher Hahn, Meike Müller‐Engelmann, Petra Ludäscher et al. (12 authors)

JAMA Psychiatry2020-07-22218 citations

10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2148

A research programme to evaluate DBT-PTSD, a modular treatment approach for Complex PTSD after childhood abuse.

Bohus M, Schmahl C, Fydrich T, Steil R, Müller-Engelmann M, Herzog J, Ludäscher P, Kleindienst N, Priebe K.

2019-03-0550 citations

10.1186/s40479-019-0099-y

Interventions

Group 1: Outpatient Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for PTSD. 90 women with Postraumatic Stress Disorder after interpersonal violence during childhood or adolescence will be randomly assigned to this t

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: PTSD after childhood sexual or physical abuse before the age of 18 years, sexual or physical assault must be the index trauma, at least 3 criteria of BPD (including criterion 6: affective instability), commitment and possibilty to attend weekly therapy sessions for one year; no planned absence for more than 4 weeks in this period, participant has the ability to understand character and consequences of the study, informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia, lifetime diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, mental retardation, severe psychopathology which needs to be treated immediately in another setting (e. g. BMI < 16), medical conditions making exposure based treatment impossible, current alcohol - or drug addiction, suicide attempt within the last 2 months, inpatient treatment planned, instability of the current life conditions (e.g. homelessness, ognoing contact with offender), pregnancy, 1 year DBT-PTSD or CPT-C treatment before inclusion

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Assessment: Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS, Blake et al. 1995) Assessment points: Baseline 3 months after baseline 6 months after baseline 9 months after baseline 12 months after baseline (end of the study) 3 months follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Symptom-severity of borderline personality disorder Assessment: Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23, Bohus et al. 2009) Assessment points: Baseline 3 months after baseline 6 months after baseline 9 months after baseline 12 months after baseline (end of the study) 3 months follow-up	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPetra Ludäscher

Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesunheit, Kinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische Medizin

Petra.Ludaescher@zi-mannheim.de+ 49 621 1703 4421

Outcome results

None listed