Treatment for the Mental Health Impact of Killing in War: Augmentation of Existing Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 8
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in psychological symptoms as measured by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this project is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a treatment module addressing the mental health and functional impact of killing in the war zone.
The investigators will enroll between 12-20 Veterans who have killed in war and have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a pilot study assessing the efficacy of the six-session treatment. Veterans will be randomized either to the treatment or to the waitlist control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Diagnosis of PTSD
- •Veteran will need to endorse having taken another life in a war zone context
- •Have received some prior evidence-based treatment for PTSD
排除标准
- •Meet current or lifetime criteria for a psychotic disorder
- •Participants in current PTSD treatment will not be excluded;however,if receiving medications they will need to be stabilized on current medications for at least one month.
- •If receiving Prolonged Exposure Therapy or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, individuals will need to wait two weeks after they have completed the treatment to enroll in the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in psychological symptoms as measured by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R)
时间窗: Measured at baseline and study completion (week 7)
A brief multidimensional self-report inventory that screens for nine symptoms of psychopathology and provides three global distress indicators.
次要结局
- Change in killing-related maladaptive cognitions as measured by the Killing Cognitions Scale (KCS)(Measured at baseline and study completion (week 7))