Presence of PTSD and Emotion Dysregulation Among Inpatients With Substance Use Disorder
NCT ID: NCT06345053
Last Updated: 2024-04-03
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
100 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-05-01
2025-10-01
Brief Summary
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This project can increase knowledge about psychological mechanisms in co-occurring PTSD and SUD and improve the quality of treatment for this vulnerable patient population.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Trauma fit inclusion / accept participation in DBT-SUD skills NET
All patients with relevant will be offered to participate in DBT-SUD skills training and or NET.
Narrative Exposure Therapy
The intervention period will be from (May 2021- October 2024). All patients will participate in standard treatment at MBS. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy -Substance Use Disorder skills training (DBT-SUD skills) will be offered to all patients at MBS in the project period that experience difficulties in emotion regulation and manage to commit to participating in the DBT- skills training evaluated by their DBT therapist. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) will be offered to all patients with relevant traumatic experience and symptoms of PTSD depending on clinical evaluation.
Interventions
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Narrative Exposure Therapy
The intervention period will be from (May 2021- October 2024). All patients will participate in standard treatment at MBS. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy -Substance Use Disorder skills training (DBT-SUD skills) will be offered to all patients at MBS in the project period that experience difficulties in emotion regulation and manage to commit to participating in the DBT- skills training evaluated by their DBT therapist. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) will be offered to all patients with relevant traumatic experience and symptoms of PTSD depending on clinical evaluation.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
3. Be willing to sign a consent.
1. Experience of an aversive event that fits criteria A for PTSD as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V) (American Psychiatric Association \[APA\], 2013).
2. Experience symptoms of PTSD as defined by the DSM-V (APA, 2013), or subthreshold PTSD (Grubaugh et al., 2005), or experience clinically relevant symptoms as evaluated by a NET therapist.
1. Subthreshold PTSD is defined as having experienced a traumatic event (Criteria A), meeting Criteria B (re-experiencing symptoms), Criteria E (one-month symptom duration), and Criteria F (significant distress or functioning impairment) and either Criteria C (avoidance or numbing symptoms) or Criteria D (hyper arousal symptoms).
1. Experience difficulties in emotion regulation evaluated by an assigned DBT therapist.
2. Manage to commit to participating in the DBT- skills training.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Being actively psychotic.
2. Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) under 17.
3. Severe dissociation.
4. An ongoing traumatic contact with the perpetrator.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Møre og Romsdal Hospital Trust
OTHER
Oslo University Hospital
OTHER
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Egil Jonsbu
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Johanna Vigfusdottir
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Edvard Breivik
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erlend Mork
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Oslo University Hospital
Lars Lien
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
National Competence Center for Co-Occurring Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders
Håkon Stenmark
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Regional Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress and St. Olavs Hospital
Locations
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Molde Treatment Center, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust
Molde, Møre and Romsdal, Norway
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Edvard Breivik
Role: CONTACT
Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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203428
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