post traumatic stress disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Narrative Exposure Therapy was administered once to twice a week, 80 to 120 minuits each during 2 to 12 months.
Sponsors
Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress Research Department
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients who were diagnosed with PTSD by a physician or based on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale(CAPS)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: schizophrenia or a developmental disorder, and those who were pregnant, whose safety could not be assured, who lacked motivation, who had diminished consciousness or alterness(overly sadated by large doses of medications, substance abuse, etc.), who lacked the ability to converse(hallucinatory/elusional state, frequent dissociative symtoms, aphasia, mental retardation, etc), or who had such a vulnerable ego that they were unable to recount their life story
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The PTSD symptoms reduction after NET measured by CAPS and IES-R was significant, and it gradually decreased for up to 12months after NET.Scales were administered at 5 time points: prior to therapy and 2weeks, 3months, 6months, 12months after therapy. PTSD symptoms did not worsen and they did not remain the same. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Accoding to data from 12months after NET, dissociative symptoms measured by DES were markedly reduced after NET. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactItsuko DOMEN
Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress Research Department
Outcome results
None listed