Abuse Domestic, Abuse Neglect, Abuse Physical, Abuse, Sexual, Abuse Verbal, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Complex, Psychiatric Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Lifespan Integration Therapy, Psychotrauma type II, Abuse, Victims, Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy
Brief summary
The study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a relatively new type of psychotherapy called Lifespan Integration (LI) in patients suffering of complex PTSD
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLifespan Integration Therapy (LI)
same as above
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
eligible candidates to be included in this cohort should be * older than 18 yo * French speaking * with a diagnosis of complex PTSD as confirmed by 1/clinical interview with a trained psychiatrist and 2/ scores for the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ), clinical tool based on the ICM 11 criteria
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients diagnosed with complex PTSD * French speaking * first time following an LI type of therapy * psychotropic treatment is allowed
Exclusion criteria
* no other parallel psychotherapy is accepted (if the patient underwent recently any other type of psychotherapy, a wash out period of minimum 4 weeks is required ) * no active manic episode at the time of inclusion * no active psychotic episode at the time of inclusion * no chronic psychotic disorder diagnosis * no autistic spectrum disorder diagnosis , * no intellectual deficit
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change of the scores of International Trauma Questionnaire | maximum one year | International Trauma Questionnaire measures subscores of simple and complex PTSD, the score is calculated using an algorithm, a minimum score of 8 for the PTSD simple part and of 8 for PTSD complex part is needed in order to diagnose a complex PTSD; the maximum score for simple PTSD is 16, same for complex PTSD. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) Score | maximum one year | the DERS scale (Gratz and Roemer, 2004) contains 36 Likert Scale questions with scores from 1 to 5; the scale can generate a total score and six underscores (assessing nonacceptance, goals, impulse, awareness, strategies, clarity); in a general population cohort the mean score was of 77.99 (SD= 20.72) for N=260 women and 80.66 (SD= 18.79) for N=97 men |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosenberg Self - Esteem Scale (RSES) (Rosenberg, 1965) | maximum one year | RSES is one of the most widely used measures of global self esteem; it contains 10 questions with answers ranging from 0 (poor) to 3 (excellent); five questions are positively worded and five questions are negatively worded. Sinclair and colleagues, 2010 reported a mean score of 22.62 (SD=5.80) in a general population cohort from the US of N=503 individuals |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactHayat OUATAH
Backup ContactNaoual KHALFI
Outcome results
None listed