Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy based group treatment for trauma symptom management and overall wellbeing in a residential Alcohol and Other Drug treatment facility.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Mental Health - Addiction

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000585628
• Lead Sponsor: etwork of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

All current clients at We Help Ourselves (WHOS) 'New Beginnings' women's AOD treatment program.

Exclusion Criteria

Mental health screenings are carried out as standard practise at New Beginnings to determine eligibility for treatment. Prescreening questionnaires include a severity of dependence scale, frequency and pattern of drug and alcohol use based on the BTOM and ATTOM, Kessler 10, and WHO QoL-8 Quality of life scale.
Women are not eligible for admission to New Beginnings if they demonstrate florid psychosis, risk of suicide, or if their mental health is deemed too unstable by our mental health nurse.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A reduction in PTSD symptoms, based on the PTSD Symptom Checklist for Civilians (PCL-C).[Baseline: Calculated by averaging weekly measurements for two months of AOD treatment as usual, until commencing the proposed treatment.<br>One week following treatment, and at one month follow up.];Wellbeing, measured by the World Health Organisation 8-point Quality of Life Scale (EUROHIS-QOL 8)[Baseline: Calculated by averaging weekly measurements for two months of AOD treatment as usual, until commencing the proposed treatment.<br>One week following treatment, and at one month follow up.];Psychological Distress as measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10+)[Baseline: Calculated by averaging weekly measurements for two months of AOD treatment as usual, until commencing the proposed treatment.<br>One week following treatment, and at one month follow up.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
nil[nil]