Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training for Veterans With PTSD
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2018 |
| Start Date: | January 2, 2018 |
| End Date: | December 2021 |
The proposed study supports a line of research that seeks to improve the health of military
veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by teaching them mindfulness skills. The
proposed study first gathers Veteran's Affairs mental health provider and peer support
specialist feedback to adapt a brief mindfulness intervention and then investigates the
feasibility of testing this intervention in a small randomized clinical trial. The study
targets primary care patients with PTSD who may be reluctant to engage in other mental health
treatments and provides them with mindfulness training to reduce PTSD symptoms, improve
psychosocial functioning and increase hope for recovery.
veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by teaching them mindfulness skills. The
proposed study first gathers Veteran's Affairs mental health provider and peer support
specialist feedback to adapt a brief mindfulness intervention and then investigates the
feasibility of testing this intervention in a small randomized clinical trial. The study
targets primary care patients with PTSD who may be reluctant to engage in other mental health
treatments and provides them with mindfulness training to reduce PTSD symptoms, improve
psychosocial functioning and increase hope for recovery.
Inclusion Criteria:
1. enrolled in services at the Syracuse or Canandaigua VAMC and
2. report significant PTSD symptoms (qualifying criterion A traumatic event plus at least
a 31 on the PCL-5).
Exclusion Criteria:
1. gross cognitive impairment (>16 on the Blessed OMC),
2. suicide attempt or desire to commit suicide in the last month (as measured by P4
screener).
3. have received psychotherapy or change in psychiatric medication outside of VHA primary
care in the last 2 months.
4. voice a preference to be directly referred to specialty mental health care.
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