NCT01627548WithdrawnNot Applicable
UCLA Welcome Back Veterans Family Resilience Center Couples Counseling for Combat Veterans
Conditions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Improved couples communication as measured by standardized assessments
Study Overview
Brief Summary
A pilot intervention of an existing intervention adapted for the returning warfighter population: a couples treatment for PTSD, Structured Approach Therapy (SAT), which emphasizes reducing the PTSD avoidance/numbing symptoms that are corrosive in families.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •OIF/OEF/ OND veteran with at least one deployment
- •In a cohabitating relationship for 6 months or longer
- •Cohabitating 50% of the time or more
- •Diagnosed with PTSD or meets the diagnosis criteria for PTSD as related to deployment experience (CAPS)
- •Ability to make weekly appointments
- •Willingness to commit to change
Exclusion Criteria
- •Receiving an evidence-based treatment for PTSD within the past 6 months
- •Receiving couples therapy within the last 6 months
- •Moderate or excessive physical violence within the past 3 months (CTS)
- •Alcohol/substance dependence (SCID)
- •Known domestic violence/abuse (CTS)
- •Symptoms of psychosis within the past 3 months
- •Unstable psychiatric medicine usage or on regimen less than 3 months
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Improved couples communication as measured by standardized assessments
Time Frame: 4-6 months
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Shirley Glynn
Associate Researcher
University of California, Los Angeles
Study Sites (2)
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