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Change of Neural Network Indicators Through Narrative Treatment of PTSD in Torture Victims

NCT00563888 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2007-11-26

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Summary

Effective Treatment of PTSD involves talking about the traumatic event in detail.It is unclear how this process influences the sensory-specific trauma network (fear structure)in the traumatized person. The goal of the project is to test the hypothesis that treatment-facilitated recovery does not change the original fear structure but establishes an inhibitory mechanism that depends on verbal activity. An affective visual steady-state paradigm in magnetencephalography (MEG) using positive, aversive and neutral picture stimuli will be used to examine the spatial and temporal pattern of the processing of emotional stimuli. To examine the effects of treatment this paradigm will be used as outcome measure within a randomized controlled trial of Narrative Exposure Therapy and a waiting-list control condition for severely traumatized torture victims.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

NET

Narrative Exposure Therapy for traumatized survivors of organized violence

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia Catani, Dr. · University of Konstanz

  • Frank Neuner, Prof. · University of Konstanz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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