Change of Neural Network Indicators Through Narrative Treatment of PTSD in Torture Victims
- Conditions
- PTSD
- Interventions
- Behavioral: NET
- Registration Number
- NCT00563888
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Konstanz
- Brief Summary
Effective Treatment of PTSD involves talking about the traumatic event in detail.It is unclear how this process influences the sensory-specific trauma network (fear structure)in the traumatized person. The goal of the project is to test the hypothesis that treatment-facilitated recovery does not change the original fear structure but establishes an inhibitory mechanism that depends on verbal activity. An affective visual steady-state paradigm in magnetencephalography (MEG) using positive, aversive and neutral picture stimuli will be used to examine the spatial and temporal pattern of the processing of emotional stimuli. To examine the effects of treatment this paradigm will be used as outcome measure within a randomized controlled trial of Narrative Exposure Therapy and a waiting-list control condition for severely traumatized torture victims.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- experiences of organized violence/torture
- PTSD diagnosis
- psychotic disorder
- neurological disease or seizures
- current drug/alcohol abuse
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description A NET Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PTSD diagnosis and severity score according to the Clinicians Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) 4 & 9 months after completion of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method steady state visual evoked magnetic fields in response to affective stimuli 4 & 9 months after completion of treatment
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Konstanz, Department of Psychology
🇩🇪Konstanz, Germany