The Effect of Prolonged Exposure Therapy on Social Support, Negative Posttraumatic Cognitions, Aggression and the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Not Applicable

Conditions: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
F43.10

Registration Number: IRCT20210202050216N1

Lead Sponsor: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Have at least diploma
Receive a PTSD Diagnosis Based on a Structured Diagnostic Interview for Axis One Mental Disorders (SCID-I)
Not using psychotherapy in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

Receive a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, antisocial vascotypal based on structured interview for Axis Two (SCID-II)
Existence of symptoms of psychosis and substance abuse
Existence of brain injury or other physical illnesses

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sherborn & Stewart Social Support Scale (1991). Timepoint: Pre-test, post-test, two-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Sherborn and Stewart Social Support Scale (1991).;Score of Cognitive Questionnaire after Foa et al. (1999). Timepoint: Pre-test, post-test, two-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of post-traumatic cognition of Foa et al (1999).;Vistal and Albert Aggression Tendency Scale Score (2011). Timepoint: Pre-test, post-test, two-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Vistal and Albert Aggression Tendency Scale (2011).;Score of the fifth edition of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire. Timepoint: Pre-test, post-test, two-month follow-up period. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of the fifth edition of the list of post-traumatic stress disorder Waters et al. (2013).

Secondary Outcome Measures