Breaking the Cycle IV: Military PTSD (MPTSD) Treatment Study
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/30/2013 |
| Start Date: | January 2010 |
| End Date: | December 2012 |
| Contact: | Julian Ford, PhD |
| Email: | jford@uchc.edu |
| Phone: | 860-679-8778 |
The study will compare the efficacy of Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and
Therapy (TARGET) vs. the best validated psychotherapy for adults with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), Prolonged Exposure (PE). Male military personnel and veterans suffering
with PTSD and problems with anger after returning from military service in Afghanistan
(Operation Emerging Freedom, OEF) and/or Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) will be
participants. The goal is to determine if a present-centered psychotherapy that teaches
skills for emotion regulation and does not require re-telling of traumatic memories is as
efficacious as the trauma memory-focused PE psychotherapy.
The study is based on a theoretical and clinical model that involves a series of associated
risks that are set in motion by exposure to military-related traumatic stressors in Iraq or
Afghanistan. Trauma exposure places personnel at risk for PTSD, which in turn increases
their risk of problems with anger and hostility, emotion dysregulation and experiential
avoidance, and ultimately with alcohol abuse and aggression. The two types of treatments
being compared, TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy) and PE
(Prolonged Exposure), are both designed to directly reduce PTSD severity by reducing emotion
dysregulation (TARGET) and experiential avoidance (PE), and therefore are hypothesized to
reduce the risk and severity of alcohol abuse and aggression- and thereby to reduce
associated legal and societal costs.
Inclusion Criteria:
- be a returning OEF/OIF military personnel or veteran
- have experienced PTSD for the past month
- have experienced anger and at least one act of aggression in the last month
- be mentally able to provide a valid consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently be danger of suicide
- currently abusing alcohol or other substances
- been in an inpatient psychiatric or addiction treatment program in the past month
We found this trial at
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site
263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, Connecticut 06030
Farmington, Connecticut 06030
(860) 679-2000
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