Mind-body Skills Groups for War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mind-Body Skills Groups.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD. Basic parameters: 11 years — 17 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Palestinian Territories
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Mind-body Skills Groups for the Treatment of War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza: A Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Behavioral Mind-Body Skills Groups
Small group intervention consisting of guided imagery, slow deep breathing, autogenic training, drawings, and active techniques.
Primary outcome measures
- Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale - 5 [Time frame: Before first group session, 2 weeks, 2 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Youth Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 [Time frame: Before first group session, 2 weeks, 2 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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).
Exclusion criteria
- former psychotherapy or medication to treat mental disorders
- having significant cognitive impairment.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Palestinian Territories · 1 center
- The Center for Mind-Body Medicine — Deir al-Balah
Publications
- Staples JK, Abdel Atti JA, Gordon JS. Mind-body skills groups for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms in Palestinian children and adolescents in Gaza. Int J Stress Manag. 2011; 18(3): 246-262. doi:/10.1037/trm0000081
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07302984 · GT-CMBM-003