Group therapy boosts PTSD recovery in new study
NCT ID NCT03887559
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding a group-based stabilization and skill-training program to regular individual therapy helps people with long-lasting post-traumatic stress recover better. About 160 adults receiving outpatient mental health care will take part. Half will get the combined treatment, and the other half will continue with individual therapy alone. The goal is to see if the group sessions improve personal recovery and daily functioning.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Receiving treatment in ordinary out-patient clinics * Having been exposed to or witnessing to traumatic event(s) defined as "one or several extremely threatening or horrific events or series of events or situations being of such a character which is likely to overwhelming distress in almost anyone in a similar situation", measured by Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire * Presenting with posttraumatic reactions such as hyperarousal, avoidance, intrusions, emotional dysregulation or interpersonal difficulties. * Symptom duration for a minimum of six months. * Understand and speak Norwegian to an extent that is required to participate in a stabilization- and skill-training group. Exclusion Criteria: * Active psychotic symptoms. * Substance or drug addiction or abuse. * High suicidal risk considered by the individual therapist. * Having participated in the course previously.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Tiller DPS, St. Olavs Hospital University Hospital in Trondheim
RECRUITINGTrondheim, Norway
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