Innovative Service Delivery for Secondary Prevention of PTSD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether therapy for Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms can be delivered effectively using videoconferencing technology ("telepsychology"), which allows a therapist and patient who are not in the same room as one another to communicate.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01177488

Run by

Charleston Research Institute

People needed

280

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-14

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants will be OIF/OEF military personnel,
• age 21 and above, and
• with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assigned on the basis of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and PTSD Checklist-Military (PCL-M).

You may not qualify if…

• Actively psychotic or demented persons,
• individuals with both suicidal ideation and clear intent, and
• individuals meeting criteria for substance dependence will be excluded from participation.

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Ralph H. Johnson VAMC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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