The Trauma Recovery and Resiliency Research Project

April 17, 2017 updated by: Cambridge Health Alliance
The overall purpose of this study is the assessment of treatment outcome among traumatized patients seeking individual and/or group therapy at the Victims of Violence Program. The study gathers information from patients using quantitative (self-report) and qualitative (interview-based) approaches, to determine changes in symptom patterns and domains of functioning relevant to psychological trauma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The focus of the Trauma Recovery and Resiliency Project is primarily the evaluation of treatment outcome among complexly traumatized patients seeking individual and/or group therapy at the Victims of Violence (VOV) Program, a specialty clinic located in the Outpatient Psychiatry Department of the Cambridge Health Alliance and affiliated with Harvard Medical School. The project has two major components: (1) All patients seeking VOV treatment are administered a battery of self-report measures assessing symptoms associated with complex trauma (i.e., interpersonal trauma that is usually repeated and prolonged) (2) A subsample of patients are interviewed using the Multidimensional Trauma Recovery and Resiliency Interview (MTRRI) and its companion rating scale (MTRR; Harvey et al, 1994, 2000, 2003) to assess trauma impact, recovery and resiliency on eight domains of psychological functioning. Data is analyzed using quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate treatment effectiveness and elucidate the recovery trajectories of patients receiving VOV treatment. Two subprojects include (a) preparation of a treatment manual documenting the Women's Trauma Recovery Group, and (b) pilot testing a new interview-based measure of complex trauma symptoms, the Symptoms of Trauma Scale (SOTS).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

969

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, 02143
        • Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Trauma survivors receiving outpatient treatment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • In individual or group therapy at VOV program
  • Consents to research participation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Insufficient proficiency in English to complete self-report measures and/or interview
  • Research participation clinically counterindicated

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Other
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cambridge Health Alliance

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mary R. Harvey, Ph.D., Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Principal Investigator: Judith L. Herman, MD, Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Principal Investigator: Michaela Mendelsohn, Ph.D., Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

  • Harney PA, Harvey MR. Group psychotherapy: An overview. In BH Young & DD Blake (Eds.), Group treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (pp. 1-13). New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel, 1999.
  • Harvey MR. An ecological view of psychological trauma and trauma recovery. J Trauma Stress. 1996 Jan;9(1):3-23.
  • Harvey MR, Harney PA. Individual psychotherapy. In C Classen & ID Yalom (Eds.), Treating women molested in childhood (pp. 63-91). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995.
  • Harvey MR, Liang B, Harney PA, Koenen K, Tummala-Narra P, Lebowitz L. A multidimensional approach to the assessment of trauma impact, recovery and resiliency: Initial psychometric findings. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 6: 87-109, 2003.
  • Harvey MR, Mishler EG, Koenen K, Harney PA. In the aftermath of sexual abuse: Making and remaking meaning in narratives of trauma and recovery. Narrative Inquiry, 10: 291-311, 2000.
  • Harvey MR, Weston D. Multidimensional trauma recovery and resiliency measures: The MTRRI (Interview) and the MTRRQ (Sort). In BH Stamm (Ed.), Measurement of stress, trauma, and adaptation (pp. 209-211). Lutherville, MD: The Sidran Press, 1996.
  • Herman, JL. Complex PTSD: A syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3: 377-391, 1992.
  • Herman JL. Trauma and recovery. New York: Basic Books, 1992.
  • Mendelsohn M, Zachary R, Harney P. Group therapy as an ecological bridge to a new community. Special issue of Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 14, 227-243.
  • Forman EM, Lynch SM, Bryant TS, Herman JL. Using effectiveness and patient-focused data to evaluate outcome of a community-based trauma treatment. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA, 2001.
  • Mendelsohn M, Forman EM, Lynch SM, Herman JL. Group therapy at the Victims of Violence Program: Preliminary Findings. Paper presented at 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; New Orleans, LA, 2004.
  • Lynch S, Forman E, Mendelsohn M, Herman, JL. A comparison of high and low dissociators' response to trauma-focused treatment. Paper presented at the 21st Conference of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation; New Orleans, LA; 2004.
  • Lynch SM, Forman E, Mendelsohn M, Herman J. Attending to dissociation: assessing change in dissociation and predicting treatment outcome. J Trauma Dissociation. 2008;9(3):301-19. doi: 10.1080/15299730802139063.
  • Dutra L, Callahan K, Forman E, Mendelsohn M, Herman J. Core schemas and suicidality in a chronically traumatized population. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2008 Jan;196(1):71-4. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31815fa4c1.
  • Lynch SM, Keasler AL, Reaves, RC, Channer EG, Bukowski LT. The Story of My Strength: An Exploration of Resilience in the Narratives of Trauma Survivors Early in Recovery. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 14: 75-97, 2007 Publisher: Haworth Press

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 1991

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 16, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

August 18, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 17, 2017

Last Verified

April 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CHA-IRB-0031/01/04

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