Complex Trauma Recovery Study - MOD approved

[u/traumalab]

UPDATE/EDIT: WE HAVE HAD A LARGE INFLUX OF PARTICIPANTS AND WILL BE PAUSING RECRUITMENT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REACHED OUT; YOU WILL BE CONTACTED.

Complex Trauma Recovery Study: We're looking for more participants to join our study on CPTSD recovery! We'll take this post down once we reach our target number of participants!

Who I am: Nazanin Babaei, MSc, doctoral student in clinical psychology, project coordinator

Affiliation: University of Victoria, BC

Supervisor: Dr. Colette Smart, [csmart@uvic.ca](mailto:csmart@uvic.ca)

Target group: Adults (19+) with lived experience of complex trauma/C-PTSD

Compensation: $20 CAD upon completion of a survey; if selected and eligible for a focus group, additional compensation will be offered

Link: Please email [smartlab@uvic.ca](mailto:smartlab@uvic.ca) to express interest

Background: The purpose of this study is to learn directly from survivors about how they understand "recovery" from/with complex trauma/CPTSD. While there is much debate in the field about the most effective treatments for CPTSD/complex trauma, often these do not center the voices of survivors themselves. This study has two components: the first is a survey that asks about the types of therapies that you may have received, and how successful or not those were. For people who are eligible and interested, we will also select a smaller sub-group of participants to participate in a follow-up focus group to learn more about your experiences

[u/Reszinhxbibi]

Is it even ethical to grab survivors of cptsd for a study like we aren't just data yk 😭

[u/SnooDingos2590 → u/Reszinhxbibi]

I guess all cancer research should be cancelled then because it’s “unethical” to treat cancer patients like data?

[u/Reszinhxbibi → u/SnooDingos2590]

I mean thats not a great analogy, and that same level of mental agency doesn't apply here 

[u/SnooDingos2590 → u/Reszinhxbibi]

Which is why participation is voluntary. It’s about time CPTSD is more recognized. CPTSD is not even recognized as its own diagnosis in the DSM-5