Examining the Effectiveness of an Early Psychological Intervention to Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

This study will examine the use of prolonged exposure therapy on people who have recently experienced a trauma to prevent them from developing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00895518

Run by

Emory University

People needed

139

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presenting to the emergency department of Emory University School of Medicine/Grady Memorial Hospital for rape in the past 72 hours
• Meets DSM-IV diagnostic criterion A in which both of the following are present: (i) The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others (ii) The person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror
• Speaks and understands spoken English
• Can see the assessment forms, hear instructions, and function at an emotional and intellectual level sufficient to allow accurate completion of all assessment instruments
• No significant traumatic injuries, as determined by the physician

You may not qualify if…

• Current or history of mania, schizophrenia, or other psychoses
• Current (past month) prominent suicidal ideation or recent (past 3 months) parasuicidal behavior or other self-injurious behavior, such as low lethality cutting
• Current (past month) substance dependence; people who meet criteria for current substance abuse but not dependence, or past dependence and have been in remission for at least 1 month are eligible.
• Experienced a loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes as a result of injuries sustained during the trauma
• Intoxicated, altered, or highly distressed to the degree that accurate completion of the study assessments or participation in study procedures is not possible
• Blood alcohol level above .08, determined by breathalyzer in the emergency department
• Not alert, oriented, and coherent
• In severe pain, active labor, or respiratory distress or hemodynamically compromised in any way

Where it is running

• Grady Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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