PTSD
Conditions
Brief summary
Participants will complete a pre and post training psychological assessment. Participants will be assigned to attention control training or the comparison stimuli computer task in a double-blind randomized control trial design. Both computerized dot probe tasks display two stimuli on a computer screen, one above the other, followed by a small right or left arrow appearing in the location vacated by one of the stimuli. Participants are required to respond as quickly as they can by pressing the indicated right or left arrow on their computer keyboard without compromising accuracy. Participants complete 6 training sessions.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAttention Control Training
Attention control training teaches participants that the emotional salience of cues (i.e., threatening or neutral) is not related to successful completion of the computerized response task, and thus, teaches participants to ignore irrelevant threat-related contingencies (Badura-Brack et al., 2015).
BEHAVIORALComparison Task
Neutral- neutral stimuli prior to response task
Sponsors
Creighton University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Masking description
Random assignment and coded entry to a computer website
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* military veteran or woman exposed to interpersonal violence (e.g. domestic or sexual violence). * significant symptoms of PTSD
Exclusion criteria
* bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, unable to attend sessions sober.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from pre to post test | 30 minute long administration at both pre and post training to measure change. (repeat assessments are conducted 1 month apart) | Structured diagnostic interview for PTSD |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed