Hypnotherapeutic Olfactory Conditioning for Chronic Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 36
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Impact of Event Scale
研究概览
简要总结
Chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder can be difficult to treat. The investigators believe that hypnosis, with a stress on the sensation of scent which often plays a role in the traumatic memories, can offer help for victims of this disorder who continue to suffer after receiving other treatments.
详细描述
Our study examines the effect of hypnosis upon 36 individuals who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder incurred in battles or training. The hypnotherapy stresses elements of odor, both in conditioning the subject to relate certain pleasant odors with security and calm, and in gradually reexposing the patient to the olfactory aspects of the traumatic memories. All subjects are taken form the Israel Defense Forces Mental Health Clinic, treated with 6 one-and-a-half-hour hypnotherapy sessions, and evaluated at baseline, end of treatment, after 6 months, and after 12 months, on a battery of clinical scales.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •A diagnosis of chronic combat-related PTSD according to DSM-IV criteria (APA, 1994), as determined by semi-structured psychiatric interview conducted by a psychiatrist with over ten years of experience treating PTSD
- •Flashbacks and/or panic attacks with olfactory components
- •Prior attempt at treatment with unsatisfactory results
- •Competence and agreement to sign an informed consent.
排除标准
- •Evidence of psychosis
- •Severe traumatic brain injury
- •Post-concussion syndrome
- •Uncontrolled substance abuse.
结局指标
主要结局
Impact of Event Scale
时间窗: Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, one year
次要结局
- Dissociative Experience Scale(Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, one year)
- Beck Depression Inventory(Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, one year)