Clinical Research Directory

Nutrition for Trauma Community Survey

The survey will help investigators learn everything about how people view and respond to trauma from a holistic perspective through body (nutrition), mind (mental health rejuvenation and renewal), and spirit (faith-based) lens. Researchers aim to evaluate if such practices will be effective in helping participants with significant life challenges due to trauma, negative life events, or extremely stressful events will recover from these types of lifestyles. The responses will be used to shape the integrative protocols that the investigators develop for professionals involved with trauma clients. This can help increase recovery rates and lead to productive lives.

The Social Regulation of Threat-related Vigilance and Arousal

This study will examine the effects of social support on threat vigilance and arousal using eye tracking. We will also test the moderating effects of trauma and discrimination history.

The Key to Integrated Trauma Treatment in Psychosis Trial

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) have a significant trauma etiology: trauma has been reported in 65 - 80% in this patient group and have a negative impact on prognosis. Trauma treatment is currently not offered in SSDs due to a lack of evidence. KIT is a pragmatic trial comparing the effectiveness of added trauma focused therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to standard treatment in SSDs. The study will compare EMDR as add on to treatment as usual (TAU) to TAU in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs). The overall aim is to examine the effectiveness of EMDR on trauma symptoms in SSDs. Participants will receive max. 26 sessions of EMDR, and complete assessments before, during and after the course of therapy, in addition to a period of time (6 months) after therapy to examine long-term effects.