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Controlled Trial of Mental Health Interventions for Torture Survivors in Kurdistan

NCT00925262 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 530

Last updated 2013-05-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the relative effectiveness of three different mental health counseling interventions in the treatment of mental health problems commonly affecting torture and trauma survivors living in Kurdistan, Iraq.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Processing Therapy

an adaptation of cognitive behavioral therapy used to address mental health effects of trauma exposure

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Activation

form of counseling intervention to promote positive behaviors and reduce negative behaviors as a means of reducing depression symptomatology and severity

BEHAVIORAL

nonspecific counseling

nonspecific counseling interventions useful for a broad range of mental health and psychosocial problems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul A Bolton, MB BS · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Iraq

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