Cognitive Processing Therapy in Syrian Women Exposed to IPV

British University In Egypt

Status: Completed

Conditions: PTSD; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05674591

CL-2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to explore the efficacy of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and difficulties with emotion regulation in Syrian females who have suffered intimate partner violence (IPV). Clinicians will conduct interviews with women and request that they complete the CAPS, Beck Depression Inventory II, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and DERS during pretreatment, posttreatment, and at the 12-month follow-up

Full description

This study aims to explore the efficacy of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and difficulties with emotion regulation in Syrian females who have suffered intimate partner violence (IPV). Clinicians will conduct interviews with women and request that they complete the CAPS, Beck Depression Inventory II, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and DERS during pretreatment, posttreatment, and at the 12-month follow-up. Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) may have a substantial therapeutic benefit in the treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and difficulties in emotion regulation among Syrian females who have suffered intimate partner violence.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• being a Syrian female who currently exposes to intimate partner violence,
• lives in Egypt
• has a good knowledge of English language because all assessments and therapy materials are in English.

Exclusion Criteria: having:

• cognitive difficulties
• schizophrenia (or any other psychotic disorders).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Cognitive Processing Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a manual-guided therapy that incorporates cognitive processing techniques to relieve PTSD symptoms (Resick et al., 2016). Each group session will be 90 to 120 minutes long and will be occur once each week for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)