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Breaking the Cycle IV: Military PTSD (MPTSD) Treatment Study

NCT01228539 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2013-05-13

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • PTSD
  • Anger
  • Aggression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation)

TARGET teaches a skill sequence for affect regulation and social/interpersonal information processing.

BEHAVIORAL

Prolonged Exposure

Cognitive behavior therapy with trauma memory exposure

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julian Ford, Ph.D. · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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