The Efficacy of a Herbal Supplement in the Prevention of PTSD

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Psycho-traumatic disorders are a disabling condition whose epidemiological data vary according to the country but also the populations studied and the measuring instruments used. The estimated prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appeared to be increasing in recent years, and this appears to be due, among other things, to the improvement of the standardized evaluation procedure. The survey "Mental Health in General Population", conducted in metropolitan France between 1999 and 2003 on more than 36,000 people estimated its instantaneous prevalence (last month) of a full PTSD was 0.7% in the SMPG overall sample, with almost equal frequency between men (45%) and women (55%). This figure is close to that reported in a European population for the ESEMeD study. A very significant psychiatric comorbidity was found in subjects with PTSD, particularly with mood disorders, other anxiety disorders and addictive behaviors. The link with the suicidal risk was clearly established, which is the gravity of this pathology.

The most important publications are made by American teams who have identified and evaluated the treatment of this pathology among veterans of the various wars led by the country.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hôpital Universitaire Sahloul

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any patient who has been exposed to a traumatic event that could cause an acute PTSD (accident or aggression that causes intense fear, helplessness or horror)

• a PDI (Peri-traumatic Distress Inventory) score and / or PDEQ (Traumatic Traumatic Dissociation Experience Questionnaire - Evaluative Form)

• and / or (Appendix 1, 2 and 3) calculated between J1 and J3 and estimated moderate or high with a score> 15.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any serious traumatized patient who needed treatment in intensive care.

• Any patient with psychiatric illness or psychotropic medication prior to randomization.

• Non-cooperating patient (unable to answer the assessment test).

• Non consenting patient.