Overview

A Rater-blinded RCT to Compare Effectiveness of EMDR vs TAU in Patients With First Episode Psychosis and History of Psychological Trauma

Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The main objective of this project is to analyze whether EMDR therapy, as an adjuvant to usual treatment, is effective in reducing post-traumatic stress and psychotic/affective symptoms in patients with a FEP and comorbid psychological trauma associated with first hospital admission and / or previous stressful life event.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Parc de Salut Mar
Collaborators:
Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa
Consorci Hospitalari de Vic
Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- age ≥16 years old

- presence of one or more traumatic events, causing symptoms associated with the trauma
(Impact of Event Scale-Revised >0 and Subjective Units of Distress >5), but it is not
necessary that traumatic events meet DSM-5 criteria for PTSD

- psychotic symptoms/psychiatric hospitalization will be considered a traumatic event
when the criteria for a trauma-related disorder or stress factors according to DSM-V
(Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, and Other Trauma-related
Disorder and unspecified stress factors) are also met

- ability to read and write in Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

- suicidal risk, to be operated on the basis of: suicide risk scale - suicidal risk
module scale MINI≥ 1 or suicide attempt in the last six months

- presence of organic brain diseases

- have received trauma-focused therapy in the past 2 years.