Girls In Recovery From Life Stress (GIRLS) Study

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

In brief

This study will compare treatment outcomes of 90 adolescent girls who are (a) at high risk for delinquency and/or are juvenile justice involved, and (b) who are experiencing symptoms of PTSD: 45 of the girls will receive Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET, Frisman, Ford, Lin, Mallon, \& Chang, in press), and their outcomes will be compared to 45 girls who receive Enhanced Treatment as Usual (ETAU). As part of their involvement, participants will make phone calls to provide data via an interactive voice response system (IVR), meet 3 times for a research interview, and be invited to participate in a cognitive assessment substudy at the Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center at Hartford Hospital.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00751946

Run by

UConn Health

People needed

70

Starts

2006-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-09-27

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female
• Age 13-17 years old
• Past and/or current juvenile justice involvement AND/OR past and/or current delinquent behavior
• Able to obtain assent from youth
• Able to obtain consent from legal guardian
• Willing to assent/consent to be audiotaped for research purposes in assessment and intervention sessions
• Currently experiencing negative reactions to past traumas (PTSD symptoms)

You may not qualify if…

• Imminently suicidal
• Past 30 days inpatient psychiatric treatment
• IF meetings take place at a school or group facility and the girl/participant is NOT willing to schedule appointments through the school or group facility staff

Where it is running

• Polaris School — East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
• Gray Lodge Shelter for Women — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Weaver High School — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Bellizzi Middle School — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Quirk Middle School — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• UCONN Health Partners — West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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