Treatment of Depression in Patients With PTSD
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: PTSD, Depression
In brief
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem of enormous proportion within the VA system for both male and female veterans. The 40 percent of veterans with PTSD and concurrent clinically significant depression are particularly difficult to treat. Effective and efficient treatment of veterans with this combination of disorders would be of benefit to a significant number of veterans.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00013091
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 120
- Starts
- 1997-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2002-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-07
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- To be accepted in the study, patients must (a) meet criteria for combat-related (men's cohort) PTSD and either major depressive disorder of dysthymic disorder, (b) not meet criteria for current or past psychosis, score 24 or greater on a Mini-Mental State Examination cognitive screen, (d) not exhibit active suicidality or severity that would preclude participation in the groups, and (e) agree to random assignment and sign informed consent forms. For the women's groups, patients have PTSD related to sexual trauma.
Where it is running
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States
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