Feasibility of a Group Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Version1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Feasibility Study of a Group Intervention for Young Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms
IRAS ID
219292
Contact name
Jack Walker
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East Anglia
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 21 days
Research summary
A group intervention for young adults with post-traumatic stress symptoms: Is it feasible?\n\nMany young people experience traumatic events such as being attacked or being in an accident. Although most recover naturally, some people experience symptoms including horrible thoughts about what happened as well as avoiding reminders of it. These symptoms are part of what makes up Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). If these are not treated when people are young they can continue into adulthood, which can cause other problems. There are good treatments for PTSD in young people, but often people have to wait a while for these to start. Research is needed to find more ways of helping people so that they can be seen sooner.\n\nBefore larger studies take place to test interventions that could be helpful, smaller studies called feasibility studies can be used to ask, “can this study be done?” This project is a feasibility study aiming to see if a larger scale project, similar in nature, could be achievable in future. \n\nThis study will see if a group intervention for young adults with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress can be run with 18-25 year olds in NHS Mental Health Services in England. The intervention will be based upon one used in other countries for young people affected by war and natural disasters. The views and opinions of staff from these services, on the need for research and such an intervention, will be sought via a focus group. Client participants will be required to attend a pre-group research interview to complete some questionnaires about their symptoms, and then attend the group intervention itself over a period of four weeks. Following this, they will meet with the researcher to complete the questionnaires again and give their opinion on the intervention and the study as a whole.
REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/NW/0290
Date of REC Opinion
5 May 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion