Method
posttraumatic stress disorder, PMLD
The PIAAS project aimed to investigate self-perceived problems and correlations of participants’ general mental health, complex posttraumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD), and quality of life with self-reported problem severity. Furthermore, a subsample of the main PIAAS project was asked to discuss their personal experiences with aPM + and provide suggestions for improvement. Within the scope of the project, an extra session was developed to practice strategies to cope with PMLD. The main study was designed as a prospective, single-center, assessor-masked, individually randomized, two-group superiority trial.The current study uses quantitative and qualitative data from the group receiving aPM + in addition to treatment as usual (aPM+/TAU) and the TAU group from the baseline (t0) and follow-up assessment (t1) as well as qualitative data from in-depth interviews. The study consists of two parts: First, we investigated participants’ self-identified problems and subjective functional impairment by conducting quantitative and qualitative assessments with the treatment and control group (n = 88) of the PIAAS project. Second, we conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of the treatment group (n = 24) to investigate participants’ opinions about aPM+.If participants mentioned during the interviews or treatment sessions that they had been subjected to domestic violence, they were provided with information about Austrian “protection against violence” laws [