New counseling program aims to ease PTSD in injured kids and their families

NCT ID NCT06366282

First seen Nov 01, 2025

Summary

This study tests a counseling program for caregivers of children hospitalized after a traumatic injury, like burns or car accidents. The goal is to reduce post-traumatic stress and depression in both the child and the caregiver. Researchers will compare the counseling to standard hospital care in 24 caregiver-child pairs.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    RECRUITING

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

    Contact

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What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

caregiver counseling program

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide a simple counseling approach to help families cope better after a child's traumatic injury.

What could go wrong

This is a very small early study with only 24 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, so benefits may be modest.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Depression injury post-traumatic stress disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.