CompletedNot Applicable

Stabilizing Group Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Norway158 participantsStarted 2014-06

Plain-language summary

The research project outlined in this proposal aims to investigate the effectiveness of stabilizing group treatment as an add-on to conventional treatment, for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or dissociative disorders after childhood abuse. The investigators also aim to study psychophysiological markers associated with complex trauma and treatment, mechanisms of change involved in treatment, and which patient characteristics that predict positive outcome.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Exclusion criteria

✕. Acute suicidality
✕. Serious substance abuse interfering with treatment
✕. Serious psychotic symptoms
✕. Current life - crisis interfering with therapy (e.g. ongoing abuse, divorce, court case, somatic disease in spouse or children, etc.)
✕. Neurological disease, mental disability or life threatening somatic disease. For the PTSD arm of the study an additional exclusion criteria will be that the patient meets the criteria for a dissociative disorder.

What they're measuring

Global Assessment of Functioning - change from baseline

Timeframe: 1 week after completed treatment

Global Assessment of Functioning- change from baseline

Timeframe: 6 months after completed treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02450617

SponsorModum Bad

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-09

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