Lifespan Integration for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder From an Auto Accident

Study Description

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Brief Summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if lifespan integration (LI) therapy reduces posttraumatic stress symptoms following a motor vehicle accident (MVA) trauma

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	Behavioral: Lifespan Integration Therapy; Behavioral: Lifespan Integration- Control	Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

Studies estimate a substantial proportion of MVA survivors, ranging from 9.4% to 59.9%, will develop PTSD following an accident (Blanchard & Hickling, 2004). Based on conservative estimates, past research, indicates that MVA-related PTSD may affect 2.5 to 7 million persons in the United States (Blanchard & Hickling). Furthermore, two seminal epidemiological studies (Kessler et al., 1995; Norris, 1992) that focused on causes of adult PTSD identified MVAs as the most frequent trauma resulting in PTSD. For these reasons, MVA-resultant PTSD represents a significant public health problem that needs not only to be thoroughly understood, but addressed with successful mental health treatment options (Beck & Coffey, 2007; Blanchard & Hickling, 1997, 2004; Bryant et al., 1998; Taylor et al., 1999; Taylor et al., 2001). Although there is empirical literature on the treatment of PTSD following an MVA, additional efficacious and rigorously conducted studies with statistical underpinnings are required to determine the results that can be expected from alternative models of care (Beck & Coffey; Blanchard & Hickling, 1997, 2004).

Study Design

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Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment :	6 participants
Allocation:	Randomized
Intervention Model:	Parallel Assignment
Masking:	None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	Lifespan Integration Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Adults Involved in an Auto Accident
Study Start Date :	October 2010
Actual Primary Completion Date :	July 2011
Actual Study Completion Date :	January 2012

Arms and Interventions

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Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Lifespan Integration Therapy (LI)	Behavioral: Lifespan Integration Therapy; LI treatment guides the client to imaginally visit past memories, and then leads her or him forward through time to the present using a concept referred to as the time line. Beginning with the individual's memories from the traumatic experience, the time line first follows memories from the days and weeks after the trauma, then season by season to the present, and is reviewed in ongoing sessions as increasing details of the traumatic event are uncovered.
Active Comparator: Waitlist Control- Lifespan Integration	Behavioral: Lifespan Integration- Control; Participants selected for the control group will be treated 4 weeks following initial contact. Treatment is the same as for the Experimental Group.

Outcome Measures

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Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Clinicians Administered PTSD Scale [ Time Frame: following the final treatment session (average of 6 weeks from treatment start date) ]
   Participants will be assessed with the CAPS following the final treatment session (up to 5 treatment sessions).

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Personality Assessment Inventory [ Time Frame: following the final treatment session (average of 6 weeks from treatment start date) ]

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Involved in or witnessed a car accident at least 6 months ago.
• PTSD or distress or impairment in important areas of functioning following the car accident

Exclusion Criteria:

• moderate or severe head injury
• current mental health treatment for the MVA-related problem
• severe chronic pre-injury mental health problems

Contacts and Locations

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Locations

United States, Washington
Argosy University Seattle
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98103

Sponsors and Collaborators

Argosy University

Investigators

Study Chair:	Frances Parks, PhD	Argosy University Seattle

More Information

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Related Info 

Publications:

Pace, P. (2007). Lifespan integration: Connecting ego states through time (fourth ed.). Roslyn, WA: Peggy Pace.

Responsible Party:	Elana Rosencrantz, Student, Argosy University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01263067 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	2010-10
First Posted:	December 20, 2010
Last Update Posted:	January 14, 2015
Last Verified:	January 2015

Keywords provided by Elana Rosencrantz, Argosy University:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; Car Accident; Auto Accident; Lifespan Integration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Disease; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic	Pathologic Processes; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders