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Intimacy in the psychotherapy of complex post-traumatic stress disorder

The role of intimacy in the psychotherapeutic treatment of complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4x36zqc
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-12-08
Start date
2019-09-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders

Interventions

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Sponsors

Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina do EStado de São Paulo
Lead Sponsor
Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina do EStado de São Paulo
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: intervention group: age between 18 and 65 years; diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder; at least one specific memory for a traumatic event control group: age between 18 and 65 years; at least one specific memory for a traumatic event; not fulfilling criteria for diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; not fulfilling criteria for diagnosis of primary psychotic disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Diagnosis of primary psychotic disorder; changes in psychiatric medication in the two months preceding inclusion in the project

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
ssess the effect of introducing the intimacy variable through functional analytical group psychotherapy (FAGT) on the skills training of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and observe possible changes in the ability to self-regulate emotions, interpersonal relationships and self-concept in patients with Compex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), to be measured by the International Trauma Questionnaire for ICD-11 (ITQ)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Evaluate the effect of introducing the intimacy variable through functional analytical group psychotherapy (FAGT) in the training of behavioral dialectic therapy (DBT) skills and observe possible changes in the participants' anxiety and mood, to be measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS 21) Behavioral assessment protocol based on blending faces: in the trust game, after the complete psychotherapeutic procedure, patterns of partner choices by people with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) will tend to approximate the patterns observed in controls without CPTSD.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactSilvia Sztamfater
silvia.sztamfater@hc.fm.usp.br+55(11)26616988

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)