F43.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention group: manualized training program twice a week for 60 min over eight weeks, 90 min booster session four weeks later
Group 2: Waiting control group
Sponsors
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
13 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (ETI-KJ: a total of at least 16 points in the items of re-experience, avoidance and hyperarousal); CGI-S >= 4; non-verbal IQ >= 70; sufficient reading ability and language comprehension in at least one of the languages German, English, Dari, Arabic, Somali, Russian or Ukrainian; education and written consent of both the patient and his legal representative before study specific measures be implemented
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current harmful use or Substance dependence (diagnosis in kiddie- Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, Present and Lifetime (K-SADS-PL) and positive saliva drug test for questionable substance); Current alcohol dependency (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) > 8P); Assured diagnosis of a severe psychiatric disorder (using K-SADS-PL); Acute suicidal tendency (based on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)); Acute external hazard (based on the diagnostic Foreign Hazard Sheet); change in psychopharmacological Treatment within two weeks before baseline; Current weekly psychotherapy; Inpatient
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pre-post difference after eight weeks of therapy of PSS-10 (Perceived Stress Scale) and IES-R (Impact of Event Scale - Revised) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Stability of the treatment effect (PSS-10 [Perceived Stress Scale] and IES-R [Impact of Event Scale - Revised] after 12 weeks and after 24 weeks); Emotional regulation (DERS-18 - Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale); trauma symptoms (cPTCI - Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, ETI-KJ - Essen trauma inventory for children and adolescents, CATS-2 - Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen-2); Nightmares (DDNSI - Disturbing Dream and Nightmare Severity Index); General Psychopathology and Psychosocial Functional Level (CGI-S - Clinical Global Impression Scale - Severity of Illness, SDQ- strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), BDI-II - Beck Depression Inventory)) Analysis of drop-outs (Drop-Out Conditions (PMLD)); Neuroendocrine stress markers (hair cortisol analysis to baseline, after 12 weeks of therapy and after 12 weeks of follow-up) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactBianca Brückner
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed