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One-day Life Skills Workshop for Veterans With TBI, Pain, and Psychopathology: Evaluating Efficacy and Mechanism of Change

NCT04143243 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 176

Last updated 2025-10-08

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Summary

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the signature wound of Veterans returning from the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (i.e., OIF/OEF/OND), with up to 20 percent experiencing persistent post-concussive symptoms. Among Veterans with mTBI, the majority also experience stress-based psychopathology (e.g., depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and/or generalized anxiety disorder) and chronic pain. To cope with distress, pain, and other difficulties, Veterans often turn to maladaptive avoidant coping strategies which offer short term relief but exacerbate/maintain mental health problems and have detrimental long-term effects on social, occupational, and community reintegration. Unfortunately, Veterans face important barriers to seeking mental health treatment, including stigma and logistical issues. This proposal aims to examine 1) the impact of a Veteran-centered, non-stigmatizing, 1-day "life skills group workshop" on overall distress and reintegration; and 2) the mechanisms by which this treatment might work as well as possible influences on treatment efficacy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT on Life

1 day group workshop of ACT plus ERS

BEHAVIORAL

Education, Resources, and Support

1 day group workshop of Education, Resources, and Support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lilian N. Dindo, PhD · Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2024-08-03
Completion
2024-08-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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