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Prevention of Mental Health Problems in People Exposed to a Recent Highly Stressful Event: a Randomized Controlled Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mindfulness, Systemic therapy, and 1 other intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 160 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This project evaluates the effectiveness of three intervention models for the prevention of mental health problems in people who have suffered a recent highly stressful event, through an experimental design, with a control group and random assignment of participants in each group . The preventive interventions that will be evaluated will be based on three different psychotherapeutic models: brief systemic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. It is expected to observe a significant reduction in post-traumatic and depressive symptoms, and an increase in subjective well-being and post-traumatic growth, compared to the control group. In addition, the moderating effect of psychological processes such as cognitive rumination, emotional self-regulation and coping strategies used in the relationship between the type of intervention and its results will be evaluated. If the hypotheses are confirmed, this study will allow the prevention of emotional distress associated with a highly stressful event, as well as the promotion of positive results, through empirically supported, low-cost strategies and with results that are capable of demonstrating their effectiveness.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Brief intervention in mindfulness, of individual type, of four sessions of sixty minutes per week, in addition to individual tasks, according to protocol of brief intervention in developed mindfulness.
Brief systemic therapy intervention, of four weekly sessions of sixty minutes, with individual tasks and assignments, according to the protocol designed.
Brief intervention of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy with elements of positive psychology, of four weekly sessions of sixty minutes, with individual assignments and assignments, according to the protocol designed.