Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Control
Intervention group
Sponsors
Stellenbosch University Department of Psychiatry
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion: Adolescents aged between15 and 19 years who have experienced at least one traumatic event, and meet criteria for PTSD or for subclinical PTSD and experience sleeping difficulties.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion: Adolescents with known global cognitive disability or who have commenced pharmacological treatment in the last 4 weeks, initiated electroconvulsive therapies and/or transcranial magnetic stimulation in the last 3-months or started structured psychotherapy for PTSD in the last 3 months. Adolescents with a history of traumatic brain injury and lasting medical and/or psychological symptoms will also be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PTSD (Child PTSD Symptom Scale - self-report version for DSM-5) and Sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety (Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children), Depression (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale-6), Sleep Quality (Adolescent Sleep Wake Scale), Sleep disturbances (Fear of Sleep Inventory), Insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index), Alcohol use (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test), Drug use (Drug Use Disorders Identification Test), Emotional and behavioural strengths and difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) | — |
Countries
South Africa
Contacts
Public ContactAlexandra Goldberg
Research Assistant
Outcome results
None listed