Recruiting participants for virtual research study

Study title: Remembering the past, imagining the future, and personal thoughts in PTSD

We are looking for people to participate in a research study run at Toronto Metropolitan University that explores memory and future thinking in PTSD. We are recruiting 35-50 people who experienced a traumatic event but do not have PTSD or other current mental health symptoms. We are also looking for folks who experienced a traumatic event in the past 1-5 years; meaning that at least 1 year has passed since the event but that it took place in the past 5 years. We will compare this to 35-50 people with PTSD.

Participating in this study first involves a brief telephone interview to see if you are eligible. If you are, then we would invite you to a testing session on videoconference where you would complete mental health interviews, surveys, and tasks that measure memory and thinking. If we invite you to participate, this session will last between 1.5 and 2 hours and you will receive $40 for your time.

To be eligible for this study, you should be: - Between the ages of 30-65 - Free of major neurological conditions - Free of current PTSD or other difficulties with mental health - Free of diagnoses on the psychosis spectrum, free of bipolar disorder, and not have severe difficulties with current substance use

If you want to learn more about the study, please email the student principal investigator, Kesia Courtenay, at kesia.courtenay@torontomu.ca or call 416-979-5000 ext 552192.

This research study has been reviewed by the Toronto Metropolitan Research Ethics Board (Protocol #2022-448)