Emotional and Cognitive Self-regulation, an EEG Study

Yolanda Schlumpf, PhD80 enrolled

Overview

The main goal of the proposed project is to assess treatment-induced changes of electrophysiological and psychophysiological correlates of the capacity to regulate emotion, executive functions, and clinical measures in individuals with complex posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorders in a naturalistic inpatient setting.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD)Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (DDNOS)Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Interventions

therapeutic treatment (inpatient and outpatient setting)OTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: -ability to undergo EEG measurement/psychophysiological measurement Exclusion Criteria: * regular substance use * acute suicidality * comorbid psychosis

Locations (1)

Privat Clinic Clienia Littenheid

Littenheid, Thurgau, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

event-related potential (ERP)

Time frame: up to 6 months

power in specific frequency bands

Time frame: up to 6 month

Secondary Outcomes

heart rate

Time frame: up to 6 months

electrodermal activity

Time frame: up to 6 months

executive function

working memory, Schuhfried test battery

Time frame: up to 6 months

measurement of psychological symptoms

questionnaire, Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)

Time frame: up to 6 month

assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation

questionnaire, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

Time frame: up to 6 month

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