Status:
WITHDRAWN
Narrative Exposure Therapy for Adults With Intellectual Disability
Lead Sponsor:
University of Nottingham
Conditions:
PTSD
Trauma, Psychological
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to identify how Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) can be adapted for delivery with adults with mild Intellectual Disability (ID) and to explore whether NET can reduce sympto...
Detailed Description
People with ID have a substantially higher prevalence of mental health conditions when compared to the general population and are at greater risk of exposure to adverse life events. In a survey of 177...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants must be:
- 18 or over (no upper age limit due to ID services being lifelong).
- deemed to meet criteria for a mild intellectual disability, according to the clinical psychologist supporting recruitment.
- Experiencing traumatic stress, as assessed by their clinical psychologist using the Impact of Events Scale - Intellectual Disabilities. Traumatic stress will be a feature of their presenting problems but they are not required to have a diagnosis of PTSD (NET recommended to treat prominent symptoms also).
- English speaking.
- Able to travel to one of the therapy centres.
- Able to consent to the research, as assessed by both the clinical psychologist supporting recruitment and the student delivering NET.
- Carer participants must be:
- 18 or over (no upper age limit).
- English speaking to undertake informant questionnaires.
- Able to comment on the symptoms of traumatic stress experienced daily by the participant.
Exclusion
- Participants will be excluded if they are:
- Substance dependent (NET requires participants to process traumatic experiences in detail; often substances are used as a way to block out these memories and therefore may impact on the therapy).
- Experiencing psychosis as assessed by both the clinical psychologist supporting recruitment and the student delivering NET.
- Currently an inpatient (NET at this time would be inappropriate due to challenging behaviour/level of illness).
- Currently engaging in a trauma-focused therapy with their psychologist (it would not be appropriate to interrupt potentially beneficial treatment).
- Currently engaging in other research projects (this would burden the participant and depending on the nature may affect results of this project).
- Carer participants will be excluded if:
- • They lack capacity to consent to take part in the research, as assessed by both the clinical psychologist supporting recruitment and the student delivering NET.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04418752
Start Date
June 1 2020
End Date
March 1 2021
Last Update
November 20 2020
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