Attention Control Training (ACT) in PTSD patients: a randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- PTSD
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 66
Inclusion Criteria
Participants are admitted if PTSD has been determined in the intake with the help of the PCL-5 and LEC-5 and clinical judgment according to the DSM-5.
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria are:
1) psychotic or bipolar disorder
2) nonfluent Dutch
3) inability to use a computer keyboard
4) current psychotherapy
5) use of psychotropic medication that started within the past year. Participants will be removed from the study if their medication has to be changed during the trial. They will be admitted if they have been taking a stable dose of medication for at least 1 year.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The most important primary research variable is the decrease in PTSD symptomatology between the experimental group and the control group. We use the PCL-5 to measure this.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary research variables are the differences in general well-being; degree of aggression and quality of life between the experimental group and the control group. We use the PHQ-4, Buss-Perry and ORS questionnaires for this.