Dissociation Investigation Study in Sex Offenders (DISSO)

Dissociative Experience During the Offence in Sex Offenders : Clinical and Prognosis Correlates

Background: Adverse childhood experience have been described in sexual offenders but the link with the offence need to be further investigated. Investigators postulate that one of the clinical moderating factors could be dissociative experience, a consequence of these early adverse experiences reactivated during the offence. The purpose of the study is to estimate the prevalence of clinical dissociation during the offence in a male adult population referred to our center for a sexual offence and to explore its correlations with epidemiological and clinical data (personal, legal history, psychiatric comorbidities), clinical trauma and dissociation, prognosis estimates.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Sex Offenses
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders

Detailed Description

The study will be proposed to the subjects after their usual clinical evaluation in the center for sexual offence and to extend this evaluation by a specific focus on childhood abuse and neglect trauma and dissociative history. After receiving complete information, the participants will sign the consent form and be referred to a unique on-site visit of approximately 2 hours long. During this visit, the participants will benefit from a psychiatric examination in search for clinical features of dissociation during the offence, lifetime dissociative experience, lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder; they will have to complete bioevaluation forms for dissociation (Dissociative Experience Scale) and childhood abuse and neglect (Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse). After this completion, they will benefit from a second part psychiatric examination, so as to complete the assessment and answer their questions if any.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Rhône Alpes
    • Bron, Rhône Alpes, France, 69678
      • Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• male subject referred to the center for having committed a sexual offense; social insurance affiliation

Exclusion Criteria:

• schizophrenia, mental retardation (IQ<70)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders; The study will be proposed to the subjects after their usual clinical evaluation in the center for sexual offence, and to extend this evaluation by a specific focus on childhood abuse and neglect, trauma and dissociative history

Behavioral: Dissociation Investigation in Sex Offenders; prevalence of a clinical dissociative state during the offence; secondary : correlations of dissociation with childhood abuse or neglect, with significant lifetime dissociative experience, post traumatic stress disorder or dissociative disorder (DSM-5), violence and sexual estimated risk using actuarial and professional structured judgement tools

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
point prevalence of clinical dissociation during the offence, assessed with the use of clinical examination (narrative and DSM-5 criteria)	the presence of a clinical dissociative state will be assessed retrospectively with the use of clinical examination.	3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
lifetime dissociation	lifetime dissociation measured by the Dissociative Experience Scale	3 years
childhood abuse or neglect	Childhood abuse ant Neglect assessed by the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA)	3 years
psychiatric comorbidities	psychiatric comorbidities	3 years
prognosis issues	risk assessment tools scoring	3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hôpital le Vinatier
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mouchet-Mages Sabine, PH, Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 29, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 21, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 10, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 27, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): October 31, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 27, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: sex offenses
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2016-A01019-42

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No