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Investigating the Use of Goal Management Therapy in Improving Cognitive Functioning in Public Safety Personnel With PTSD

NCT04251624 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2024-01-16

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Summary

This study examines the efficacy of Goal Management Therapy (GMT) - a well-established cognitive remediation strategy aimed at improving goal-directed behaviors that are dependent on basic cognitive processes and on executive functioning - among public safety personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Cognitive Deficit

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Goal Management Therapy

A cognitive training program aimed at improving cognitive deficits such as in memory, attention, learning, and executive functioning.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychosocial Education

A group therapy program focusing on brain function, neuroplasticity, and lifestyle interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McMaster University

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

    collaborator OTHER

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Homewood Health Centre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Homewood Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margaret McKinnon, PhD · McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Homewood Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-01
Primary Completion
2025-02-28
Completion
2025-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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