EMDR vs. TF-CBT after Stabilisation in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder following type II trauma

• Conditions: posttraumatic stress disorder; psychological consequences of early-childhood traumas; 10002861

• Registration Number: NL-OMON34998
• Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Amsterdam

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

1) Meeting DSM-IV criteria for PTSD
2) having experienced repeated or chronic interpersonal trauma before the age of 14 (e.g., sexual or physical abuse)
3) at least 18 years of age
4) having sufficient fluency in Dutch to complete treatment and research protocol
5) Participants using prescribed anti-depressant medication are required to be on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks before the beginning of treatment and remain on this dose throughout the treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Psychiatric problems that may interfere with the study participation or that require more intensive care than can be offered in the present study, including dementia, psychotic symptoms, depression with suicidal ideation, full-blown borderline personality disorder, substance dependence
2) current use of tranquilizers

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main dependent variables are<br /><br>(1) the percentage of participants meeting DSM-IV criteria for PTSD according<br /><br>to the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID; First, Spitzer,<br /><br>Gibbon, & Williams, 1996)<br /><br>(2) the PTSD symptom severity, assessed with the Clinian-administered PTSD<br /><br>Scale (CAPS; Blake et al., 1995) and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS;<br /><br>Foa, Cashman, Jaycox, & Perry, 1997). </p><br>