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2024-05-06 @ 3:50 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:58 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT04776304
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2024-05-01
First Post:
2020-04-08
Brief Title:
Art Therapy qEEG Study for Service Members With a Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Sponsor:
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Organization:
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Study Overview
Official Title:
Evaluation of Quantitative EEG During Art Therapy in Service Members With Co-Morbid Traumatic Brain Injury Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
ArtTherapy
Brief Summary:
Service members andor recently separated veterans with post traumatic stress symptoms and mild traumatic brain injury may participate in 8 sessions including 2 sessions including interviews and questionnaires as well as 6 sessions of art therapy In the art therapy participants will be provided with a blank paper mache mask template and invited to alter the mask however they wish using a variety of art materials The therapist will use the art-making process and culminating product to aid in self-reflection reframe negative thoughts and feelings and work through traumatic content Prior to the session start participants will get set up with a mobile qEEG worn like a hat and backpack The qEEG will measure brain activity in a non-invasive way throughout the art therapy session to improve understanding of brain activity during the art therapy process
Detailed Description:
This is a pilot interventional clinical trial in which all 9 service members with comorbid PTSD and mTBI participate in 8 sessions 1 baseline session of interviews and questionnaires 6 sessions of art therapy and 1 final session of interviews and questionnaires Participants must have significant posttraumatic stress symptoms and a history of mild traumatic brain injury Target enrollment is 9 active duty service members or recently separated veterans aged 18-64 with no prior art therapy exposure at the NICoE at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda MD
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury mTBI are persistent and frequently comorbid complications of combat that remain a challenge to healthcare providers In these complex cases traditional treatments often fail to provide complete relief from symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress PTS anxiety and depression leading the military healthcare system to look towards complementary and integrative treatments Art therapy is one promising intervention that helps service members SMs develop a visual voice using imagery symbolism and metaphor to externalize emotions and experiences that they may not be able to express in words The standardized integrative mental health and human services approach of the art therapy program at the NICoE utilizes a mask-making directive to explore thoughts feelings and experiences of combat and self-understanding This process is especially relevant to SMs with PTS symptoms who often remember their trauma as an incoherent fragmented memory that is often predominantly sensory in nature NICoE researchers have provided preliminary evidence suggesting associations between recurring art themes represented within the masks and individual BH symptoms yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this therapeutic technique remain obscure To date there have been few studies using neuroimaging techniques to investigate brain network changes during art creation Studies have utilized electroencephalography EEG and functional near infrared spectroscopy fNIRS during art creation but not within the context of art therapy Mobile quantitative EEG allows for real time data capture that could minimize interference of neuroimaging during the therapeutic process and provide insight into the neurological mechanisms underlying art therapy
Study design and procedures Participants will be provided with a blank paper mache mask template and invited to alter the mask however they wish using a variety of art materials The therapist will use the art-making process and culminating product to aid in self-reflection reframe negative thoughts and feelings and work through traumatic content Prior to the session start participants will get set up with the mobile qEEG The qEEG will be segmented into a pre-art therapy session resting state prompt-specific tasks during the art therapy session and a post-art therapy session resting state
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury mTBI are persistent and frequently comorbid complications of combat that remain a challenge to healthcare providers In these complex cases traditional treatments often fail to provide complete relief from symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress PTS anxiety and depression leading the military healthcare system to look towards complementary and integrative treatments Art therapy is one promising intervention that helps service members SMs develop a visual voice using imagery symbolism and metaphor to externalize emotions and experiences that they may not be able to express in words The standardized integrative mental health and human services approach of the art therapy program at the NICoE utilizes a mask-making directive to explore thoughts feelings and experiences of combat and self-understanding This process is especially relevant to SMs with PTS symptoms who often remember their trauma as an incoherent fragmented memory that is often predominantly sensory in nature NICoE researchers have provided preliminary evidence suggesting associations between recurring art themes represented within the masks and individual BH symptoms yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this therapeutic technique remain obscure To date there have been few studies using neuroimaging techniques to investigate brain network changes during art creation Studies have utilized electroencephalography EEG and functional near infrared spectroscopy fNIRS during art creation but not within the context of art therapy Mobile quantitative EEG allows for real time data capture that could minimize interference of neuroimaging during the therapeutic process and provide insight into the neurological mechanisms underlying art therapy
Study design and procedures Participants will be provided with a blank paper mache mask template and invited to alter the mask however they wish using a variety of art materials The therapist will use the art-making process and culminating product to aid in self-reflection reframe negative thoughts and feelings and work through traumatic content Prior to the session start participants will get set up with the mobile qEEG The qEEG will be segmented into a pre-art therapy session resting state prompt-specific tasks during the art therapy session and a post-art therapy session resting state
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None