Ending Self Stigma for PTSD

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Conditions studied: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

Veterans with PTSD report that stigma and fear of stigma have a chilling effect on their participation in mental health treatment. Despite the widely-documented effects of stigma on the recovery of individuals with mental illnesses and research demonstrating harmful consequences of internalized stigma, including decreased hope, self-esteem, personal motivation, and persistence regarding illness management, no interventions are currently available to assist Veterans with PTSD in combating the impact of internalized stigma. The goal of this research is to develop and pilot-test an intervention to provide Veterans with PTSD the skills to cope effectively with stigma and to mitigate the internalization of stigmatizing beliefs and stereotypes. To accomplish this purpose, Ending Self Stigma (ESS), an intervention composed of evidence-based methods for combating internalized stigma for serious mental illness, will be modified and tested to address issues particular to PTSD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02734212

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

57

Starts

2015-11-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• a diagnosis of PTSD
• age between 18 and 70
• participation in mental health services at the VAMHCS
• sufficient clinical stability to participate

You may not qualify if…

• a diagnosis of serious mental illness
• schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder
• bipolar disorder
• major depression with psychotic features
• participation in the Phase I qualitative study

Where it is running

• Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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