About this trial
The purpose of the study is to investigate the feasibility of implementation aspects, treatment effects and change processes regarding a brief trauma-focused Internet-based CBT treatment, for patients who have been treated in trauma care at Karolinska University Hospital and who exhibit symptoms of psychological consequences of the traumatic event. Another aim is to explore factors (predictors, moderators and mediators) that influence the effect of the treatment, in order to better understand who responds to the treatment.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Exposed to trauma in the past two months according to criterion A for PTSD in the DSM-5 (exposed to death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence).
PCL-5 total sum score>10
≥ 18 years
Situated in Sweden
Disqualifiers
Other serious comorbidity as primary concern (ongoing substance dependence, untreated bipolar disorder, psychotic symptoms, severe depression, borderline personality disorder, high suicidal risk according to the MINI)
Unable to read and write in Swedish
Receiving other psychological trauma-focused treatment
Ongoing trauma-related threat (e.g., living with a violent spouse)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Condensed Internet delivered prolonged exposure (CIPE)
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Karolinska Institutet
Lead sponsor
Karolinska University Hospital
Collaborator