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Study of Effectiveness of Mental Health Interventions Among Torture Survivors in Southern Iraq

NCT01177072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 342

Last updated 2013-05-03

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Summary

1. That the psychotherapeutic intervention - Components-Base Interventions (CBI) - is effective in reducing the severity of mental health symptoms experienced by torture survivors in Southern Iraq.
2. That the psychotherapeutic intervention - Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - is effective in reducing the severity of mental health symptoms experienced by torture survivors in Southern Iraq.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Cognitive Processing Therapy

12 sessions of cognitive processing therapy. Sessions are expected to be approximately one week apart. Although each counseling session is designed to be carried out one week apart for a total of 12 weeks, there are many reasons why a session will be missed. Our estimation is that a single client will require 4-5 months to complete the therapy.

OTHER

Components-Based Intervention

This is a 'components-based' intervention include psychoeducation, relaxation, life-enhancing skills (problems solving and safety planning), exposure, and cognitive processing of life problems and traumatic events. The duration of sessions are approximately one hour), the expected frequency of treatment is weekly, and recommended number of sessions are 12.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heartland Alliance

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ministry of Health, Iraq

    collaborator NETWORK

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William M Weiss, DrPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Iraq

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