OPTYC: Online PTSD Treatment for Young People and Carers - Case Series
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Internet-delivered Cognitive Therapy (iCT) for young people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a development case series
IRAS ID
256260
Contact name
Patrick Smith
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN16876240
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 4 months, 31 days
Research summary
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is prevalent and impairing in children and young people. Effective face to face treatments exist, including Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (CT-PTSD), developed by our group. However, few young people access effective treatments.
We are therefore developing a website and smart-phone App that will improve accessibility of this treatment by allowing trained therapists to deliver CT-PTSD over the internet (iCT) to young people (12-17 years old) with PTSD.
In this study we want to carry our an initial evaluation of iCT. We propose to do this by running an uncontrolled case series with 6 young people. The objectives of the case series are to: to gauge acceptability of the programme to young people, carers, and therapists; to measure adherence to the programme; to test the battery of measures for acceptability; and to obtain estimates of clinical change.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/0199
Date of REC Opinion
18 Mar 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion