Mechanistic Interventions and Neuroscience of Dissociation

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

350

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 18, 2021

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2026

Conditions
Dissociation
Interventions
DEVICE

Vibration

Participants will attend two intervention sessions per week for a total of 8 sessions. Participants will sit in a chair in a sound-proof booth monitored by a researcher in front of a computer screen (which delivers instructions) and will be fitted with psychophysiology leads and a device strapped around the chest. There will be no explicit tasks or direction given in this intervention. Participants will experience smooth slowly varying breath-like vibration on their sternum. They will receive their assigned intervention for approximately 18 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Breath Focus

Participants will attend two intervention sessions per week for a total of 8 sessions. Participants will sit in a chair in a sound-proof booth monitored by a researcher in front of a computer screen (which delivers instructions) and will be fitted with psychophysiology leads and a device strapped around the chest. The participant will be asked to focus on their breathing during this intervention. They will receive their assigned intervention for approximately 18 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

No Distractions

Participants will attend two intervention sessions per week for a total of 8 sessions. Participants will sit in a chair in a sound-proof booth monitored by a researcher in front of a computer screen (which delivers instructions) and will be fitted with psychophysiology leads and a device strapped around the chest. Participants will engage in a period of no-screen time; during this time there will be no outside visual or auditory distractions. There will be no explicit tasks or direction given in this intervention. They will receive their assigned intervention for approximately 18 minutes.

Trial Locations (2)

15213

COMPLETED

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh

30303

RECRUITING

Grady Hospital, Atlanta

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

NIH

lead

Emory University

OTHER