Brief Internet Based Treatment for PTSD

Hadassah Medical Center

Status

Unknown

Conditions

PTSD

Treatments

Other: CBT delivered via Internet

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01760213

VRInternet

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the project is to overcome some of the common barriers to treatment amongst recent survivors of traumatic events, by combining the world of evidence-based intervention with that of modern Internet technology. Specifically, it aims to test the feasibility and effectiveness of an Internet delivery of early-intervention trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Over the course of the study the following objectives will be achieved:

The development of an Internet-based Virtual Reality intervention for preventing PTSD among patients who have recently experienced a traumatic event.
The evaluation of the feasibility of administering this intervention, and
The evaluation of the efficacy of this Internet based intervention in the prevention of PTSD in recent trauma survivors.

Enrollment

900 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exposed to a traumatic event that meets DSM Criteria (objectively could cause physical injury;
Subjectively involves helplessness or fear);
Aged over 18; Aged under 65;
Hebrew speaking; Suffering from PTSD (without the time criteria i.e. less than one month of symptoms);
Able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Suffering from, or have suffered from in the past, bipolar disorder;
Suffering from, or have suffered from in the past, psychotic disorder;
Suffering from, or have suffered from in the past, substance abuse;
Suffering from PTSD;
Suffering from another Axis I anxiety disorder that requires immediate treatment;
Currently presents as a suicide risk, requiring hospitalization.