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Sponsored by: |
Center for Mind-Body Medicine |
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Information provided by: | Center for Mind-Body Medicine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00136357 |
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the participation in a group program which includes meditation, biofeedback, drawings, autogenic training, genograms, and a variety of movement and breathing techniques will decrease symptoms of posttraumatic stress in high school students.
Condition | Intervention |
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
Behavioral: Mind-Body Skills Groups |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Kosovar High School Students Using Mind-Body Skills Groups: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Estimated Enrollment: | 82 |
Study Start Date: | August 2004 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2005 |
The objective of this study is to determine whether participation in a group program incorporating mind-body techniques decreases symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adolescents. Students will be screened for posttraumatic stress using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and eighty-two qualifying students will be randomly assigned to a 12-session mind-body group program or a wait-list delayed intervention group. The program will be conducted by the teachers at a high school in Kosovo and include meditation, biofeedback, drawings, autogenic training, genograms, and a variety of movement and breathing techniques. Changes in posttraumatic stress symptoms will be measured using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 19 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo | |
Jeta e Re High School | |
Suhareka, Kosovo, Former Yugoslavia |
Principal Investigator: | James S Gordon, MD | Center for Mind-Body Medicine |
Study ID Numbers: | MBSG 2004-01 |
Study First Received: | August 26, 2005 |
Last Updated: | December 12, 2005 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00136357 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
posttraumatic stress mind-body techniques war adolescents |
Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
Pathologic Processes Disease Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders |
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Stress Disorders, Traumatic |