Treatment for the Mental Health Impact of Killing in War

Completed

Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

In brief

The goal of this project is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a treatment module addressing the mental health and functional impact of killing in the war zone. The investigators will enroll between 12-20 Veterans who have killed in war and have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a pilot study assessing the efficacy of the six-session treatment. Veterans will be randomized either to the treatment or to the waitlist control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01406834

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

8

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of PTSD
• Veteran will need to endorse having taken another life in a war zone context
• Have received some prior evidence-based treatment for PTSD

You may not qualify if…

• Meet current or lifetime criteria for a psychotic disorder
• Participants in current PTSD treatment will not be excluded;however,if receiving medications they will need to be stabilized on current medications for at least one month.
• If receiving Prolonged Exposure Therapy or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, individuals will need to wait two weeks after they have completed the treatment to enroll in the study.

Where it is running

• San Francisco VA Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.