NCT00925262

Controlled Trial of Mental Health Interventions for Torture Survivors in Kurdistan

A Controlled Trial of Mental Health Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems Experienced by Torture Survivors Living in Kurdistan, Iraq.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 530 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the relative effectiveness of three different mental health counseling interventions in the treatment of mental health problems commonly affecting torture and trauma survivors living in Kurdistan, Iraq.

Detailed description

See above

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Processing Therapy	an adaptation of cognitive behavioral therapy used to address mental health effects of trauma exposure
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Activation	form of counseling intervention to promote positive behaviors and reduce negative behaviors as a means of reducing depression symptomatology and severity
BEHAVIORAL	nonspecific counseling	nonspecific counseling interventions useful for a broad range of mental health and psychosocial problems.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-02-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2009-06-22
• Last updated: 2013-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iraq