Training to Reconnect With Emotional Awareness Therapy
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Neurology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/16/2018 |
| Start Date: | May 8, 2018 |
| End Date: | December 31, 2022 |
| Contact: | Ryan Mayfield, BS |
| Email: | interfac@iu.edu |
| Phone: | 317-329-2380 |
To decrease emotional self-awareness deficits and improve emotional self-regulation,
particularly anxiety, anger, depression, and positive affect, through the treatment of
alexithymia.
particularly anxiety, anger, depression, and positive affect, through the treatment of
alexithymia.
Phase II randomized, Waitlist Control (WLC) trial with 3-month follow-up to further establish
proof of concept and early efficacy of TREAT (1:1 alexithymia treatment) for post-TBI
alexithymia. It is anticipated that our target sample size is 44. The purpose of this study
is to examine differences in post-treatment self-reported alexithymia and emotional
self-awareness in participants with TBI randomized to TREAT or WLC. In addition to examining
the differences in post-treatment self-reported emotion regulation (general), anxiety, anger,
depression, positive affect (PA), global emotional function and quality of life in
participants with TBI randomized to TREAT or WLC.
proof of concept and early efficacy of TREAT (1:1 alexithymia treatment) for post-TBI
alexithymia. It is anticipated that our target sample size is 44. The purpose of this study
is to examine differences in post-treatment self-reported alexithymia and emotional
self-awareness in participants with TBI randomized to TREAT or WLC. In addition to examining
the differences in post-treatment self-reported emotion regulation (general), anxiety, anger,
depression, positive affect (PA), global emotional function and quality of life in
participants with TBI randomized to TREAT or WLC.
Inclusion Criteria:
- TBI (injury due to a external physical force)
- complicated mild, moderate, or severe TBI (defined by Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in
Emergency Department (ED) (≤12), or Post traumatic amnesia (PTA) (≥1 day), Loss of
Conscientious (LOC) (≥30 minutes), or positive head CT scan consistent with TBI)
- at least 18 years or older
- ≥1 year post-injury
- have moderate to high screening alexithymia score (TAS-20 ≥52).
Exclusion Criteria:
- diagnosed with pre-morbid neurological disorder (e.g., stroke, autism, developmental
delay)
- diagnosed with major psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia)
- diagnosed with a degenerative neurologic condition
- unable to follow directions; visual or hearing impairments that would impede
participation
- unable to communicate verbally
- unstable or anticipated medication changes during study participation
- active psychological treatment; or actively participating in the Traumatic Brain
Injury Model System (TBIMS) alexithymia outcome module
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