View clinical trials related to PTSD.
Filter by:Adolescents receiving RRFT and their caregivers will report significantly fewer substance use problems (quantity of use, frequency of use, and abuse symptoms) during treatment and follow-up than control adolescents who receive Treatment as Usual (TAU). Adolescents receiving RRFT and their caregivers will report improvement in empirically-demonstrated risk and protective factors for substance use and abuse at the individual level (e.g., coping) and at each level of an adolescent's ecology (e.g., increased number of positive family activities, reduced family conflict, reduced number of peers who use drugs, improved school attendance, increased involvement in pro-social community activities) during treatment and follow-up than control adolescents who receive TAU. Adolescents receiving RRFT will experience less PTSD symptoms (per youth and caregiver reports) during treatment and follow-up than control adolescents who receive TAU. Adolescents receiving RRFT will report engaging in fewer risky sexual behaviors (e.g., increased condom use, fewer partners) during treatment and follow-up than control adolescents who receive TAU. Changes during treatment in family relations (familial cohesiveness and conflict, satisfaction with caregiver-youth relationship) and parenting practices (monitoring) will mediate changes in substance use. Changes during treatment in emotional reactivity will mediate changes in PTSD symptoms.
12% of patients suffering from an acute crornary syndrome will develop long lasting anxiety symptoms. The object of this study is to lessen or prevent these symptoms by the use of neurofeed back (EEG-NF).
Military deployment to combat zones involves exposure to trauma at a higher than average rate and therefore presents a unique opportunity to study predisposing factors to posttraumatic stress reactions and test strategies designed to prevent and ameliorate posttraumatic symptoms. Decades of scientific research on the origins of resilience and vulnerability to combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms revealed various predisposing and protective factors. All these factors however, offer limited opportunity for systematic pre-deployment prevention efforts. Considering the magnitude of psychological adjustment difficulties encountered by combat personnel in deployment and the limited access to existing evidence-based therapies for PTSD, the development and testing of a novel evidence-based and theory-driven prevention protocol for these problems is of considerable significance. The current study translates cognitive-neuroscience knowledge and attention bias modification research into a novel computerized training tool that could be easily delivered to soldiers during different stages of the deployment cycle. If proved efficacious in reducing risk for posttraumatic symptoms ABMT could be integrated into the Army's resilience training program. Thus, we propose a longitudinal double-blind randomized controlled study of ABMT in soldiers. We will assess attention bias and symptoms before deployment, will randomly assign soldiers to either 8 ABMT sessions, 4 ABMT sessions, 8 Placebo training sessions, or no training. Following 6 months of deployment to combat zone symptoms will be assessed again.
Comparison of the neurophysiological response of OCD and PTSD patients (both considered anxiety syndromes) in error processing. The patients will perform three computerized tasks while a net of electrodes (for EEG measurement) will be placed on their head. This data will then be compared to a previously collected healthy control sample.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether vilazodone is effective in the treatmen of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)and co-morbid mild or more depression.
Women and Reserve/National (RNG) Veterans are among the fastest growing groups of new VA users. While PTSD is prevalent in this group, most women don't access or complete needed treatment. This study will investigate Operation enduring/Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) RNG female war Veterans' perceptions, preferences, barriers and facilitators to accessing VA mental health (MH) and evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy. This information will be used to revise an existing web-based screen that educates participants about their unique post-deployment MH conditions. This web-interface will then be used to randomly assign women who screen positive for PTSD to either 1) a concierge nurse case manager who uses shared decision-making to engage Veterans in EBP or 2) usual outreach to determine what engagement approach women prefer. The investigators' findings will provide VA leaders with key information to understand and improve access to RNG PTSD treatment.
This study will measure the effects of biofeedback supported cognitive behavioral therapy (BF-CBT) and group physiotherapy intervention in victims of torture and massive violence in Kosovo. The investigators aim to restore physical and psychosocial functioning of the victims of torture and massive violence with available rehabilitation practice and integrate them into the community. It is also our objective to build local knowledge and expertise to apply measurement principles and CBT methods in the Balkan region.
The purpose of this study is to determine potential risk factors for physical and sexual assault in regular military women (as opposed to Reserve and National Guard). In addition, this study seeks to determine associations between service women's violence exposures and: current physical and mental health status (e.g. PTSD), and access to and use of DoD, DVA and civilian healthcare.
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of the medication paroxetine on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the brain in women with a history of PTSD related to childhood abuse. The hypothesis is that paroxetine will result in an improvement in PTSD symptoms accompanied by changes in brain functional response to reminders of childhood trauma.
An urgent and growing need exists for interventions that support the long-term adjustment and mental health needs of OIF/OEF veterans and their relationship partners after the return from deployment. This project will complete production of a multimedia intervention program for autonomous use, delivered by Internet and mobile app technology, that teaches couples selected mind/body interventions and massage techniques to promote stress reduction, compassion, resiliency and relationship re-integration. A four-armed randomized trial will evaluate mental health outcomes as a free-standing program and as complementary to a current standard of care structured group program.