Eye Movement Desensitisation and Re-programming (EMDR) therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in people with serious mental illness within forensic and rehabilitation services

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Posttraumatic stress disorder; Mental Health - Schizophrenia; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000683235
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Otago

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

a) age between 18 and 65 years;
b) a lifetime history of a psychotic disorder or a mood disorder with psychotic features
c) meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD (Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)).
d) current patient of the forensic and rehabilitation mental health services
e) competent to provide informed consent
f) likely to remain in the area for the 6 month trial duration (i.e if a prisoner, release date > 6 months away; if a special patient, special patient discharge > 6 months away)

Exclusion Criteria

a)high suicidality, operationalised as the combination of having a high suicidality score on the M.I.N.I. with the last suicide attempt within the past six months and a depression score on the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) of 35 or higher;
b)mental state considered by the treating psychiatrist as too unstable to participate in the trial (participants may have chronic low grade symptoms, but cannot be acutely psychotic)
c)inability to speak English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified