Dissociation Investigation Study in Sex Offenders

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Sex Offenses
• Interventions: Behavioral: Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders

• Registration Number: NCT02949479
• Lead Sponsor: Hôpital le Vinatier

Brief Summary

Background: Adverse childhood experience have been described in sexual offenders but the link with the offence need to be further investigated. Investigators postulate that one of the clinical moderating factors could be dissociative experience, a consequence of these early adverse experiences reactivated during the offence. The purpose of the study is to estimate the prevalence of clinical dissociation during the offence in a male adult population referred to our center for a sexual offence and to explore its correlations with epidemiological and clinical data (personal, legal history, psychiatric comorbidities), clinical trauma and dissociation, prognosis estimates.

Detailed Description

The study will be proposed to the subjects after their usual clinical evaluation in the center for sexual offence and to extend this evaluation by a specific focus on childhood abuse and neglect trauma and dissociative history. After receiving complete information, the participants will sign the consent form and be referred to a unique on-site visit of approximately 2 hours long. During this visit, the participants will benefit from a psychiatric examination in search for clinical features of dissociation during the offence, lifetime dissociative experience, lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder; they will have to complete bioevaluation forms for dissociation (Dissociative Experience Scale) and childhood abuse and neglect (Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse). After this completion, they will benefit from a second part psychiatric examination, so as to complete the assessment and answer their questions if any.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-31
• Study Start: 2017-03-29
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-21
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study Completion: 2021-12-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• male subject referred to the center for having committed a sexual offense; social insurance affiliation

Exclusion Criteria

• schizophrenia, mental retardation (IQ<70)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders	Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders	The study will be proposed to the subjects after their usual clinical evaluation in the center for sexual offence, and to extend this evaluation by a specific focus on childhood abuse and neglect, trauma and dissociative history

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
point prevalence of clinical dissociation during the offence, assessed with the use of clinical examination (narrative and DSM-5 criteria)	3 years	the presence of a clinical dissociative state will be assessed retrospectively with the use of clinical examination.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prognosis issues	3 years	risk assessment tools scoring
psychiatric comorbidities	3 years	psychiatric comorbidities
childhood abuse or neglect	3 years	Childhood abuse ant Neglect assessed by the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA)
lifetime dissociation	3 years	lifetime dissociation measured by the Dissociative Experience Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier; 🇫🇷 Bron, Rhône Alpes, France