Strength At Home: Veterans' Program (PTSD-Focused Therapy for Anger and Relationship Conflict Among OEF/OIF Veterans)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Domestic Violence

In brief

This is a research study funded by the Department of Defense to test a therapeutic intervention for male combat veterans who engage in intimate partner violence (IPV). The investigators hope to decrease the recurrence of relationship aggression and help veterans manage anger. The primary aim of the study is to test the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01435512

Run by

Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.

People needed

135

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any era veteran
• Over the age of 18
• In a relationship within a female partner within the last 6 months
• At least one act of male-to-female physical aggression over the previous 6 months or at least one act of male-to-female severe violence in the past 12 months
• Male participant must consent for partner contact

You may not qualify if…

• Participant evidences severe organicity or active psychosis
• Reading difficulties prevent valid completion of the assessment instruments
• Participant expresses prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation
• Participant meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol and/or drug dependence, if not in early full remission or sustained partial remission

Where it is running

• National Center for PTSD/VA Boston Healthcare System — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Providence VA Medical Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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