Topic: Mental Health Research Network
Conditions
Interventions
Random allocation to have the treatment straight away (12 weekly sessions) or to wait for 12 weeks.
Trauma-Focused CBT, Manualised 12-session developmentally appropriate trauma-focuse
the first half involves the therapist and child only. The second half involves just the therapist and caregiver and provides an opportunity to discuss any problems and the homework. Booster sessions w
Sponsors
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Exposure to a road traffic accident, an assault, or another discrete traumatic stressor (i.e. any event that involved the threat of death, severe injury, or threat to bodily integrity, or witnessing such an event); 2. Age 3-8 years 3. Target Gender: Male & Female
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Intellectual disability 2. Another primary psychiatric diagnosis 3. PTSD following another previous trauma 4. Unconscious for >15 minutes following the traumatic event 5. Not being fluent in English 6. Ongoing exposure to threat 7. History of organic brain damage 8. Risk of self-harm
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determine efficacy of TF-CBT as an intervention for young children with PTSD; Timepoint(s): End of study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Assess feasibility and acceptability of the intervention; timepoint(s): end of study; 2. Assess mediators and moderators of outcome; timepoint(s): end of study 3. Assess the course of PTSD symptoms on young children over the first 3 months post-trauma; timepoint(s): end of prospective study 4. Compare cognitive variables of children with PTSD vs non-PTSD trauma-exposed children; timepoint(s): end of study 5. Investigation of genetic factors in PTSD onset and in treatment response; timepoint(s): end of study 6. Preliminary health economics analysis; timepoint(s): end of study | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed