Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Eligible participants will be randomized using block randomization stratified by mental health worker, ensuring that each mental health worker treats an approximately equal number of participants in e
Sponsors
Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 and 65 years 2. Survivor of trauma related to the LRA conflict or ongoing violence in the post-conflict setting 3. Probable diagnosis of PTSD according to DSM-5 (PSSI-5)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Clinical signs of acute psychosis 2. Clinical signs of mental retardation that would interfere with psychosocial interventions 3. High alcohol abuse (AUDIT score >= 8) constitutes an exclusion criterion if the client is not willing and confident to be able to reduce the consumption during treatment 4. Drug abuse 5. Concurrent psychotherapy 6. Medication with benzodiazepines, as this medication might interfere with exposure-based psychotherapy (Singewald et al., 2015) 7. Acute risk of suicidality/ endangerment of others that would require immediate hospitalization of the client
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PTSD symptom severity measured using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale Interview for DSM-5 (PSSI-5) sum score at baseline and 3 and 12 months after randomization | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depressive symptom severity measured using the sum score of the 9-item version of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) at baseline and 3 and 12 months after randomization 2. Anxiety symptom severity measured using the GAD-7 sum score at baseline and 3 and 12 months after randomization | — |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
Public ContactSarah Wilker
Outcome results
None listed