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Mind-body Skills Groups for War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza

NCT07302984 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mind-body skills groups can reduce posttraumatic stress disorder and emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do mind-body skills groups reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza?
* Do mind-body skills groups reduce emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza?

Researchers will compare the results of adolescents who do not attend mind-body skills groups to adolescents who attend mind-body skills groups see if those who attend groups have less posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and emotional and behavioral problems.

Participants will:

* Be screened to determine whether they qualify to be in the study
* If they qualify, they will attend 5 mind-body skills group sessions (if they are not in the control group)
* Fill out research packets before the first session, after the last session, and at 2-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mind-Body Skills Groups

Small group intervention consisting of guided imagery, slow deep breathing, autogenic training, drawings, and active techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Americares

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julie K. Staples, PhD · The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-26
Primary Completion
2026-03-31
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Palestinian Territories

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