Evaluating the Effectiveness of Evidence-based Trauma Interventions (Trauma Focused CBT - TF-CBT; and Trauma Systems Therapy - TST), Baseline Index Trauma, and PTSD Symptoms in the Context of Contributing Stress From Racialized Trauma and Acculturation Stress
NYU Langone Health
Summary
Investigators plan to offer two evidence based interventions - Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (TF-CBT) and Trauma Systems therapy (TST) to traumatized children and their families. The investigators are looking to evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions in the context of additional stress related to racialized trauma and acculturation stress
Eligibility
- Age range
- 5–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Child/adolescent aged 5-17 years of age who has experienced trauma with associated and related emotional dysregulation (i.e PTSD) and one of their parent/guardian * Have capacity and willingness to provide consent or age-appropriate assent Exclusion Criteria: * Individual with intellectual disability with an IQ\<70 * Individual with active suicidality, homicidality, or other symptoms at the time of enrollment that warrants hospitalization
Interventions
- BehavioralTrauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. It is a components-based treatment model that incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavioral, family, and humanistic principles and techniques.
- BehavioralTrauma Systems therapy (TST)
Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) is focused on the factors that contribute to children and adolescents who experience traumatic stress through the lens of the social context, vulnerabilities, and strengths of the person undergoing treatment.
Location
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, New York