Effectiveness of a Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment for Adolescents With (Subclinical) PTSD: a Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial
The primary objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment (BITT) for adolescents with (s)PTSD.
∙ In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
• 12-18 years of age;
• with a history of psychological trauma (conform the Life Events Checklist of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents DSM-5 (CAPS-CA DSM-5) (Nader, 2004; van Meijel et al., 2019);
• at least subthreshold PTSD criteria, conform the CAPS-CA DSM-5, i.e.;
‣ fully meeting criterion A, F and G and at least one symptom of criteria B, C, D and E;
⁃ or fully meeting criterion A, F, G and at least the B, C, D or E symptom clusters;
• and written informed consent must be provided by the adolescent and, for adolescents aged 12-15 years, all legal guardians.