Arts and Movement Therapies for Trauma

NCT ID: NCT03515564

Last Updated: 2024-01-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 129 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-07-26
• Study Completion Date: 2024-01-26

Brief Summary

The current goal of this project is to subjectively and objectively assess the efficacy of arts and movement interventions--including dance/movement therapy, art therapy and mindful yoga for youth and adults exposed to trauma, including families resettled as refugees and families in high-risk, low-resource environments. The overarching aim is to measure the changes over time in self-reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder(s), depression, and somatic symptoms, as well as changes in biological substrates representing pathophysiological processes involved in responses to stress, trauma, and the aforementioned disorders. These biological substrates include inflammatory proteins and the stress hormone cortisol. We hypothesize that given the emotional and physical components of arts and movement therapies, which are implemented in group settings and confer life-long coping skills to participants, participation in arts and movement therapies will result in reduction of self-reported severity of psyciatric symptoms and improved physiology.

COVID-19: In March, the COVID-19 pandemic caused in person research to be halted in order to be in adherence to the stay at home order for the State of Michigan. The IRB overseeing the present project approved an amendment to allow data to be collected online via phone or email, based on participant preference, with a new consent form for this new method of data collection. Following this approval, we migrated our programming to virtual formats and began to serve both refugee commuities as well as school-aged youth with the intervention program and obtained consent followed by data from participants as part of this study. We have pivoted towards also looking at the benefits of creative arts and movement based interventions in reducing COVID-related distress, as well as building resilience.

By collecting psychological and biomarker data the investigators seek concrete scientific evidence supporting these non-pharmacological, cost effective, and accessible programs as reliable treatment options.

Conditions

PTSD; Depression; Anxiety; Stress; Trauma

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Alternative therapy

Dance/Movement Therapy, Art Therapy, Mindful Yoga

60 minutes once weekly for 8 weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dance/Movement Therapy, Art Therapy, Mindful Yoga

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Utilizing deep breathing, exercise modalities, and social support in all settings

No Intervention

No Intervention

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Dance/Movement Therapy, Art Therapy, Mindful Yoga

Utilizing deep breathing, exercise modalities, and social support in all settings

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male and female children and adults ages 7-65
• Willing and able to consent, or with at least one parent willing and able to provide consent for minors under age 18

Exclusion Criteria

• Adults who are unable or unwilling to consent, or children whose parent do not consent
• Wardens of the Court

• Minimum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Arash Javanbakht

Director of Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Arash Javanbakht, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Wayne State University

Locations

Wayne State U Department of Psychiatry

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

References

Grasser LR, Al-Saghir H, Wanna C, Spinei J, Javanbakht A. Moving Through the Trauma: Dance/Movement Therapy as a Somatic-Based Intervention for Addressing Trauma and Stress Among Syrian Refugee Children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;58(11):1124-1126. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.07.007. Epub 2019 Jul 23.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31348987 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

1706000635

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id