Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Complicated Grief

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Grief, Depressive Symptoms, Trauma, Psychological

In brief

This study will examine whether accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is effective for the treatment of prolonged and complicated grief and associated psychological trauma among older adult hospice caregivers who have experienced the death of an immediate family member at least 12 months ago.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03484338

Run by

University of South Florida

People needed

54

Starts

2018-02-20

Expected to finish

2019-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-07

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult age 60 years of age or older
• previous primary caregiver of immediate family member who died after enrollment in hospice with the death occurring at least 12 months prior to enrollment
• current symptoms indicative of proposed diagnostic criteria for complicated grief disorder, as proposed by Shear et al. (2011)
• current score of >25 on the 19-item Inventory of Complicated Grief
• current symptoms indicative of significant psychological trauma, as documented by score >33on the 20-item DSM-5 PTSD checklist (PCL-5)26 or score >4 on the PDSQ PTSD subscale
• denial of suicidal ideation or intent, with no evidence of psychotic behavior

You may not qualify if…

• engaged in another psychotherapy regimen that could also influence symptoms of PCG - - major psychiatric disorder (e.g. bipolar disorder) deemed likely to interfere with treatment delivery
• current substance abuse dependence (alcohol and/or drug) treatment anticipated to interfere with treatment delivery.

Where it is running

• Harleah Buck — Tampa, Florida, United States

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