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

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Conditions studied: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07302984

Run by

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

People needed

120

Starts

2025-12-26

Expected to finish

2026-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-30

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• being 11-17 years old and living in Gaza
• having experienced a political violence or war-related criterion A stressor
• meeting the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-(DSM-5-TR) criteria for PTSD according to the screening cut-off score on the Child PTSD Symptom Scale-5 (CPSS-5).

You may not qualify if…

• former psychotherapy or medication to treat mental disorders
• having significant cognitive impairment.

Where it is running

• The Center for Mind-Body Medicine — Deir al-Balah, Palestinian Territories (enrolling)

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