Biological and psychological stress of therapists and patients in confrontation therapy

Recruiting

Conditions: F43.1
Post-traumatic stress disorder

Registration Number: DRKS00012839

Lead Sponsor: niversität des Saarlandes, Institut für PsychologieAbteilung für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria patients: Patients, who have a posttraumatic stress disorder (ICD-10 F43.1) as primary diagnosis and who are undergoing cogntive behavioral therapy

Inclusion criteria therapists: approbated psychological psychotherapists or psychotherapists in training and under supervision

Exclusion Criteria

patients: psychotic experience, suicidality, lack of impulse control, dissociative symptoms

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physiological measures of stress-experiencing (saliva cortisol, saliva-alpha-amylase levels) will be recorded from PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) - patients and their treating therapists at 5 measure points that take place before, during, and after a confrontative-session as well as before, during, and after a control condition (goal attainment scaling). Furthermore, data from therapists concerning their therapeutic expertise, their attitude toward confrontative, and their perceived therapeutic competence will be collected. <br>The visual analog scale will be applied to patients and therapists at 5 measure points of confrontative-session and control condition to evaluate their momentary perceived level of stress-experiencing. Additionally, at the end of each session patients and therapists assess their perceived therapeutic success concerning the respective session.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical diagnosis of patients (structured clinical interview, SKID), ratings of global symptom severity (e.g., Symptom Checklist (SCL-90)) and questionnaires for specific disorder symptoms (e.g., PCL-5 for PTSD) via self-assessment. <br>The interview is conducted by independent diagnosticians within the time frame of the probatory sessions. Questionnaire data is collected after the interview.<br>The interview and the questionnaires mentioned above are conducted before the regular therapeutic sessions (i.e. before the experimental condition and the control condition)