The goal of this observational study is to learn about the level of change in post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents with traumatic experiences over the course of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents according to Cohen, Manarinno, \& Deblinger (2017).
they are between 12 and 18 years of age;
they have been exposed to at least one or more traumatic event(s) according to the DSM-5 A criteria after the age of 3 years and dating back at least 1 months (with regard to the ability of patients to remember the event(s) and to the high spontaneous remissions of PTSS in the first month after a traumatic event);
they exhibit high severity of DSM-5 PTSS as indicated by a total symptom score of ≥25 assessed with the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2);
a nonoffending adult caregiver is available for the treatment and willing to participate in weekly treatment sessions (the inclusion of a caregiver is integral to the TF-CBT treatment model);
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University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Lead sponsor
Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Collaborator
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Collaborator