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Written Exposure Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome

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Karolinska Institute

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: WET

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04328935
2019-04414

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate if written exposure therapy is feasible for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Full description

A non-inferiority trial in JAMA Psychiatry showed that written exposure therapy (WET) was non-inferior to a gold standard CBT treatment. In comparison to other trauma-focused CBT protocols, WET generally demands less therapist-time, and specifically, less than half compared to CBT that consists of 12 weekly sessions á 60 minutes. The aim of this study is to translate and replicate these results in a Swedish context. This first step is a small feasibility trial which will guide a subsequent large-scale trial.

Enrollment

12 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Meet criteria for PTSD.
  • If taking psychotropic medication, then the dose must be stable for at least 4 weeks prior to study entry.
  • ≥ 18 years
  • Situated in Sweden
  • Be able to express themselves in Swedish, both in verbally and written form.
  • Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Other serious comorbidity as primary concern (ongoing substance dependence, untreated bipolar disorder, psychotic symptoms, severe depression, borderline personality disorder, high suicidal risk according to the MINI)
  • Ongoing CBT for trauma
  • Ongoing trauma-related threat (e.g. living with a violent spouse)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

12 participants in 1 patient group

written exposure therapy
Experimental group
Description:
The treatment consists of written exposure therapy (WET), which is manualized trauma-focused CBT in five sessions over 5 weeks.
Treatment:
Behavioral: WET

Trial contacts and locations

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