Psychiatric Disorder, PTSD, Somatoform Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
somatoform disorders, PTSD, epigenetics, psychotherapy, psychosomatics
Brief summary
This reported observational clinical study aims at identifying epigenetic markers in a sample of patients undergoing high dose inpatient psychotherapy suffering from a variety of psychiatric/psychosomatic diseases such as somatoform disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders. The exact epigenetic markers that will be traced are yet to define. The investigators believe that 1. Epigenetic patterns found in the group of psychiatric patients show differences from healthy controls 2. Different diagnosis show differences in epigenetic patterns as well 3. Epigenetic patterns correlate to the severity of the psychosocial disorder as measured in interviews or psychometric ratings 4. Epigenetic patterns can change under inpatient high dose psychotherapy 5. Changes correlate to clinical psychometric variables.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALpsychotherapy
multimodal complex psychotherapy
Sponsors
Hannover Medical School
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* informed consent given by the patient * adulthood to 65 years * stabel physical health * at least fluent in German language (as it is a group-therapy)
Exclusion criteria
* psychiatric disorder such as substance addiction, psychosis, schizophrenia. * insufficient understanding of the terms and conditions of the study * insufficient emotional stability to fill out the psychometric forms required for the study.
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed