NCT05397613

STAIR for Trauma and Emotion Dysregulation

Examining the Effectiveness of STAIR as an Alternative to DBT for Patients With Emotion Dysregulation and PTSD

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will examine the impact of Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) group, using self-report measures, on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), emotional dysregulation, borderline personality disorder symptoms, global psychopathology, and access to quality mental health care. Aims include assessing the feasibility of STAIR, reducing patients' trauma and emotion dysregulation symptoms, examining whether STAIR may be used as an alternative to DBT for patients on the DBT, and improving patient satisfaction and clinic efficiency

Conditions

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Emotion Regulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	STAIR	Clinician led session that hones in on a particular deficit within these skills, including identifying and labeling emotions, managing emotions, tolerating distress, accepting feelings and increasing positive emotions, identifying trauma-based interpersonal schemas, identifying conflict between trauma-related feelings and goals, role plays surrounding issues of power and control, and role-plays related to developing flexibility in interpersonal situations involving power differentials. STAIR is a cognitive-behavioral treatment that addresses emotion regulation and interpersonal difficulties and their impact on daily living.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-15
• Primary completion: 2025-06-15
• Completion: 2025-06-15
• First posted: 2022-05-31
• Last updated: 2022-05-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States