other trauma- and stressor-disorder posttraumatic stress disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomly assigned to EMDR or PE. Both therapies are validated 
trauma-focused therapies that are recommended by the Dutch guidelines for the 
treatment of psychological trauma. Patients will receive 10 90-minute treatment 
sessions during a period of 12 weeks.
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Military personnel of the Dutch Defence organisation or veterans who served for the Kingdom of the Netherlands - PTSD or 'other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder' diagnosis by therapist. - Master the Dutch language - Assigned to a PTSD psychotherapy treatment - Aged 18-64 year
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main outcome measure is the change in psychological trauma symptoms from before to after the treatment, measured by a self-report questionnaire and a clinical interview. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For the secondary outcomes, we will test performance on a (working) memory task. Task performance will be investigated as potential predictor of treatment succes. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed