PTSD patients misjudge future feelings, study finds
NCT ID NCT05268965
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) predict their emotional reactions to future events. Researchers compared 97 participants with and without PTSD to see if those with PTSD tend to expect more intense negative emotions than they actually experience. The goal was to better understand the thinking patterns linked to PTSD.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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97 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
subjects suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Understanding and being able to express themselves in French * Understanding of informed consent and signature of the study participation form * Giving informed, dated and signed consent * Benefiting from health insurance coverage * Normal or corrected visual and auditory acuity to achieve normality * Group 1 : DSM-5 PTSD criteria, assessed using CAPS and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5, Weathers \& al., 2013) * Group 2: PTSD Criteria A only Exclusion Criteria: Refusal of participation after clear and fair information on the study. * Visual or auditory sensory disability to participate in the study. * Personal history of neurological disease or current neurological disease. * Personal history of current psychiatric disorder or psychiatric disorder (excluding PTSD in patients in the experimental group), assessed via the MINI. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Consumption of toxic substances other than tobacco and alcohol. * Minors or adults under guardianship, under judicial protection, persons deprived of liberty. * Groups 2 and 3: personal history of psychiatric disorder or current psychiatric disorder and taking psychotropic drugs * Group 1: personal history of psychiatric disorders or current psychiatric disorders other than anxiety, depressive, trauma and stress-related disorders and treatment with psychotropic drugs not stabilized
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Usn Fontan - Linquette Chu Lille
Lille, France
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