Qualitative Study on the Perception of Changes in the Psychotherapy of Traumatized Young People

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Conditions studied: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

The clinic of psychological trauma in adolescents still requires further development, whereas it is well documented in adults. This clinic is complex, because it must take into account the nature and type of trauma (recent or not, intentional or not, situations of abuse or sexual violence, etc.), the impact on development, the contexts (social, cultural and family) in which the trauma occurs, and the various vulnerability factors associated with it. This complexity has implications for psychotherapeutic management, which needs to be tailored to the specific clinical profiles of adolescents. Several studies have evaluated psychotherapy for traumatized adolescents, showing a positive short-term effect on the reduction of post-traumatic stress symptoms, whatever the type of psychotherapy. Few studies, however, have analyzed the therapeutic process and the common factors of change, linked mainly to the therapeutic alliance, the patient's experience and the therapist's role: key factors of change according to the international literature. In this context, the patient's experience of his or her psychotherapeutic follow-up is a source of information that has long been neglected, even though it seems essential for better investigating and understanding the complexity of the processes at play in trauma psychotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06138522

Run by

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

People needed

65

Starts

2023-11-30

Expected to finish

2028-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-23

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Teenagers :
• Teenagers from 12 to 18 years old
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (DSM Criteria 5 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Consultant at the Maison de Solenn (Maison des Adolescents)
• Affiliated to a social security scheme
• Parents : parents of adolescents followed at the MDA and agreeing to participate in the study
• Professionals: providing psychotherapeutic follow-up for adolescents at the MDa

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal of the adolescent and/or his/her family (if applicable) to participate in the study,
• Adults (all groups combined): under guardianship or curatorship, under judicial protection

Where it is running

• University Hospital Cochin, Maison des Adolescents - Youth Department, F-75014 Paris, France — Paris, IDF, France (enrolling)

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