Treatment of PTSD due to chronic interpersonal violence in early childhood: which treatment works best?

Treatment of PTSD due to chronic interpersonal violence in early childhood: Waitinglist versus Imagery Exposure versus Imagery Rescripting

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON25931

Enrollment

173

Registered

2014-09-26

Start date

2015-06-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

PTSD childhoodtrauma Exposure Rescripting

Interventions

This study is a randomized controlled trial with three conditions, i.e. Waiting list (WL), Imaginary Exposure (IE), Imaginary Rescripting (ImRes). Treatment duration is 11 weeks, during the first 5

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meeting DSM-IV criteria for PTSD 2. Comorbidity with depression, anxiety disorder, ADHD, dissociative disorder, reactive psychotic disorder, alcohol/drugs consumption, borderline personality disorder and cluster C personality disorder are included. 3. Having experienced repeated or chronic interpersonal trauma before age of 16 (e.g. sexual, physical or emotional abuse) by one or more perpetrators for example (foster-/step-) parents, elder brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, friend of parents, someone from the neighbourhood, school, sport, institution, church and give minimal two examples. Age difference is 5 years with the perpetrator. 4. At least 18 years of age till 85 years old. 5. Sufficient fluency in Dutch to complete treatment and research protocol 6. Participants using antidepressant medication are required to be a stable dose for at least 3 months before the beginning of the treatment and remain on this dose throughout the treatment. The same applies for benzodiazepinens with a maximum of 30 mg oxazepam equivalents. 7.Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Other psychiatric treatments 2. Schizophrenia, active suicidality, dissociative identity disorder, mentally retarded 3. No fixed residence, major financial problems, , no aid figure, problems with justice and law, current sexual and physical abuse 4. Use of other psychotropic drugs than antidepressants and benzodiazepines. 5. Insufficient fluency in Dutch

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome measure is severity of PTSD symptoms, as assessed with the Post-Traumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale PDS (self-report) (Foa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993; Arntz, 1993), Dutch version.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• Drop out during study • Severity of PTSD symptoms as assessed with the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-DX, KIP) Self-report questionnaires: • Anger Expression Scale (AEQ) • State-Trait Anger Inventory (ZAV) • Guilt scale Kubany • Shame scale Smucker • Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI - II) • Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz and Roemer, 2004) • PTCI: Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (Foa, Ehlers, Clark, Tolin & Orsillo 1999, from Emmerich, Schoorl, Emmelkamp & Kamphuis, 2006) • Self-image Rosenberg	—

Measure

Time frame

• Drop out during study • Severity of PTSD symptoms as assessed with the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-DX, KIP) Self-report questionnaires: • Anger Expression Scale (AEQ) • State-Trait Anger Inventory (ZAV) • Guilt scale Kubany • Shame scale Smucker • Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI - II) • Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz and Roemer, 2004) • PTCI: Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (Foa, Ehlers, Clark, Tolin & Orsillo 1999, from Emmerich, Schoorl, Emmelkamp & Kamphuis, 2006) • Self-image Rosenberg

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Contacts

Public ContactP.M. Jong, de

info@psychotherapymovement.nl0031 (0) 20- 528 52 31

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)