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Psychological and Psychosocial Intervention With War-Affected Children

NCT01509872 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-04-09

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Summary

The investigators are interested in knowing whether a group-based, trauma-focused intervention (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is superior to a more general, non trauma-focused, psychosocial intervention (Child Friendly Spaces) in reducing post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety and conduct problems and increasing pro-social behavior among war-affected children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

9 sessions of manualised, culturally modified, group-based trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Child Friendly Space

9 sessions of a manualised, culturally appropriate, non trauma-focused psychosocial intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal

    collaborator OTHER

  • UNICEF

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen's University, Belfast

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr Ciarán Shannon, BA, MA, DClin · British Psychological Society (Chartered Clinical Psychologist)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Republic of the Congo

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