Mind-body Skills Groups for War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza
Mind-body Skills Groups for the Treatment of War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza: A Randomized Controlled Study
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
120 participants
Dec 26, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mind-body skills groups can reduce posttraumatic stress disorder and emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do mind-body skills groups reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza? * Do mind-body skills groups reduce emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza? Researchers will compare the results of adolescents who do not attend mind-body skills groups to adolescents who attend mind-body skills groups see if those who attend groups have less posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and emotional and behavioral problems. Participants will: * Be screened to determine whether they qualify to be in the study * If they qualify, they will attend 5 mind-body skills group sessions (if they are not in the control group) * Fill out research packets before the first session, after the last session, and at 2-month follow-up.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- being 11-17 years old and living in Gaza
- having experienced a political violence or war-related criterion A stressor
- meeting the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-(DSM-5-TR) criteria for PTSD according to the screening cut-off score on the Child PTSD Symptom Scale-5 (CPSS-5).
Exclusion Criteria2
- former psychotherapy or medication to treat mental disorders
- having significant cognitive impairment.
Interventions
Small group intervention consisting of guided imagery, slow deep breathing, autogenic training, drawings, and active techniques.
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NCT07302984