A study on the psychometric qualities of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)screeners and the role of personality (measured by the NEO FFI), in patients with the comorbid diagnosis PTSD and Substance Use Disorder (SUD), in relation to the order of the disorders' onset.

Recruiting

Conditions: addiction
tevens stoornis door het gebruik van een middel
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
trauma. Substance abuse and substance dependence
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON32483

Lead Sponsor: Tactus (Deventer)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Inpatients of addiction treatment centers who stay for at least 4 weeks, meet DSM-IV-TR-criteria for Substance Use Disorder and are minimal 18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

When a patient has an inadequate mastery of the Dutch language, there's severe cognitive impairment or damage, or severe (self)destructive behavior, he/she will be excluded. When a practitioner declares the patient is incapable of participation at that moment, he/she will be excluded at that moment.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The first important study parameters are the sensitivity and specificity of the<br /><br>screeners (ZIL and the M.I.N.I. Plus (PTSD section)), with the diagnostic<br /><br>interview (KIP) as the golden standard.<br /><br><br /><br>The second important study parameter is the difference between the NEO FFI<br /><br>profiles of the group PTSD-SUD and the group SUD-PTSD.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>With the Vragenlijst Belastende Ervaringen (VBE; Nijenhuis e.a.) the history of<br /><br>the several kinds of trauma, the severity and the timecourse are carefully<br /><br>traced. A comparison will also be made between the groups which differ in order<br /><br>of onset of the comorbid disorders, in regard to the various outcomes of the<br /><br>VBE (the nature of the trauma, period of time, severity and age at onset).<br /><br><br /><br>In some addicition care institutions, the Depressie-Angst-Stress Schaal (DASS;<br /><br>de Beurs e.a.) is a regular intake-instrument to determine psychiatric<br /><br>comorbidity. The psychometric qualities of the DASS in detecting PTSD in<br /><br>relation to the other instruments (KIP, ZIL and M.I.N.I.-plus) will be assessed.<br /><br><br /><br>Alexithymia will be scored with the TAS-20 and the BVAQ.</p><br>