Group Cognitive Processing Therapy for Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare group-administered Cognitive Processing Therapy-Cognitive-only version (CPT-C), an evidence based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to Present Centered Therapy (PCT) in order to determine whether the results of CPT exceed those of receiving a therapy that focuses on current problems rather than past trauma in a group format.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01286415

Run by

VA Boston Healthcare System

People needed

108

Starts

2008-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult male and female active duty, activated Reservist, or activated National Guard OIF/OEF military personnel or OIF/OEF veterans seeking treatment for PTSD
• diagnosis of PTSD determined by a clinician-administered Posttraumatic Stress Scale (PSSI)
• person has experienced a Criterion A event that is a specific combat-related event or high magnitude operational experience that occurred during a military deployment in support of OIF/OEF. The diagnosis of PTSD may be indexed to that event or to another Criterion A event.
• be over the age of 18
• speak and read English
• be stable on any psychotropic medications they may be taking.

You may not qualify if…

• current suicide or homicide risk meriting crisis intervention
• active psychosis
• moderate to severe brain damage (as determined by the inability to comprehend the baseline screening questionnaires)

Where it is running

• Fort Hood Army Base — Fort Hood, Texas, United States

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