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NCT Number: NCT02459340

Emotional and Cognitive Self-regulation, an EEG Study

The main goal of the proposed project is to assess treatment-induced changes of electrophysiological and psychophysiological correlates of the capacity to regulate emotion, executive functions, and clinical measures in individuals with complex posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorders in a naturalistic inpatient setting.

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Key information

Conditions

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD) Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (DDNOS) Dissociative Disorders Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Mental Disorders

Age range

15 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Privat Clinic Clienia Littenheid

Littenheid, Thurgau, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

-ability to undergo EEG measurement/psychophysiological measurement

Exclusion criteria

  • regular substance use
  • acute suicidality
  • comorbid psychosis

Treatment and study plan

therapeutic treatment (inpatient and outpatient setting)

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. event-related potential (ERP)

    Time frame: up to 6 months

  2. power in specific frequency bands

    Time frame: up to 6 month

Secondary outcomes

  1. heart rate

    Time frame: up to 6 months

  2. electrodermal activity

    Time frame: up to 6 months

  3. executive function

    Time frame: up to 6 months

    working memory, Schuhfried test battery

  4. measurement of psychological symptoms

    Time frame: up to 6 month

    questionnaire, Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)

  5. assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation

    Time frame: up to 6 month

    questionnaire, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yolanda Schlumpf, PhD

Other

Collaborators

  • Clienia Littenheid AG
  • University of Zurich

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Therapeutic Treatment: Hot and Cold Self-regulation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociative Disorder

Acronym: ECSR

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Jun 2, 2015
Registry last updated
Jan 23, 2020

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