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UCLA Couples Counseling for Combat Veterans

NCT01627548 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2022-11-03

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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.

Conditions

  • PTSD
  • Recent Era Combat Veteran
  • Couples Communication

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Structured Approach Therapy

The SAT treatment is provided in 12 weekly 50-minute sessions and is fully manualized. First, couple-based exposure techniques are used to address anxiety about intimacy, increasing the traumatized person's ability to engage in social and relational behaviors that promote bonding and satisfaction. Second, as anxiety decreases, couple-based techniques are also used to increase the positive experiences the couple is having. These activities expose the traumatized person to positive feelings instead of anxiety, so that he/she may become desensitized to the anxiety caused by the closeness, and more comfortable engaging in intimate behaviors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Shrley M Glynn, PhD · University of California, Los Angeles

  • Patricia E Lester, MD · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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