Status:
COMPLETED
Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Complicated Grief
Lead Sponsor:
University of South Florida
Conditions:
Grief
Depressive Symptoms
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will examine whether accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is effective for the treatment of prolonged and complicated grief and associated psychological trauma among older adult hospice car...
Detailed Description
ART is an evidence-based therapy for the treatment of depressive symptoms and trauma and stress-related disorders that includes the core components of trauma-focused therapy including imaging rescript...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult age 60 years of age or older
- previous primary caregiver of immediate family member who died after enrollment in hospice with the death occurring at least 12 months prior to enrollment
- current symptoms indicative of proposed diagnostic criteria for complicated grief disorder, as proposed by Shear et al. (2011)
- current score of \>25 on the 19-item Inventory of Complicated Grief
- current symptoms indicative of significant psychological trauma, as documented by score \>33on the 20-item DSM-5 PTSD checklist (PCL-5)26 or score \>4 on the PDSQ PTSD subscale
- denial of suicidal ideation or intent, with no evidence of psychotic behavior
Exclusion
- engaged in another psychotherapy regimen that could also influence symptoms of PCG - - major psychiatric disorder (e.g. bipolar disorder) deemed likely to interfere with treatment delivery
- current substance abuse dependence (alcohol and/or drug) treatment anticipated to interfere with treatment delivery.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 20 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
54 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03484338
Start Date
February 20 2018
End Date
October 30 2019
Last Update
December 7 2020
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Harleah Buck
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612