Status:

RECRUITING

Body-oriented Psychotherapy for Individuals With a History of Child Maltreatment and Trauma-related Symptoms

Lead Sponsor:

Monique Pfaltz

Collaborating Sponsors:

Stockholm University

Conditions:

Safety, Psychological

Acceptability of Health Care

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) overall aim is to establish the safety, feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a body-oriented psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing (SE), on ...

Detailed Description

Adults with a history of CM may struggle with psychological safety on both an emotional and physiological level, such as interpreting neutral facial expressions as negative/threatening or experiencing...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults (18 years or older).
  • Proficiency in Swedish Language.
  • Access to a computer/internet.
  • Meeting CTQ-cutoff for CM history (CTQ rating higher than 'none / minimal' in at least one of the subscales according to Bernstein and Fink (1998) (i.e. ≥10 for emotional neglect, ≥ 8 for physical neglect, ≥9 for emotional abuse, ≥8 for physical abuse and ≥6 for sexual abuse).
  • Meeting at least moderate/severe PTSD or complex PTSD symptoms on the ITQ.
  • If taking medication, it must have been ongoing for at least 3 months and the dose must have been stable for 1 month.
  • Signed informed consent provided.

Exclusion

  • Participants screen positive for alcohol (AUDIT) or substance abuse (DUDIT).
  • Psychotic symptoms, ongoing manic episode, acute suicidality.
  • If ongoing medication has an impact on the physiological data (ECG) recorded during the social paradigms, physiological data will be excluded from the analyses (but not exclusion for the treatment).
  • Have current (pre-assessment) ongoing psychological treatment focusing on social safeness, PTSD or complex PTSD.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 6 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06549777

Start Date

September 6 2024

End Date

November 1 2026

Last Update

October 15 2024

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Mid Sweden university and Stockholm university

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

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