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PTSD Treatment and Emotion Regulation Skills Training for Veterans With Military Sexual Trauma (PE+ER)

NCT04792775 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2024-02-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Prior research has found that Veterans with military sexual trauma (MST) who have more difficulties with emotion regulation were more likely to drop out of PTSD treatment prematurely. The purpose of this pilot study is to determine whether integrating evidence-based emotion regulation skills training with a scientifically validated treatment for PTSD called Prolonged Exposure (PE), will enhance PTSD treatment retention and 'dose received' and subsequently improve treatment outcomes for MST-related PTSD and difficulties with emotion regulation. Results from this project that examine the feasibility of integrating these two treatments will provide methodological evidence and justification for a randomized control trial, if warranted.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Mental Disorder
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PE+ER

PE includes the following components: a) psychoeducation about the common reactions to traumatic events and presentation of the treatment rationale b) repeated in vivo exposure to traumatic stimuli, c) repeated, prolonged, imaginal exposure to traumatic memories, and d) relapse prevention strategies and further treatment planning (session 12). DBT Emotion Regulation Skills is integrated as part of this intervention. DBT training provides skills to understand, name, experience and tolerate emotions, as well as skills to change negative emotional responses and to reduce vulnerability to emotion dysregulation (Linehan et al., 2015). The current project includes an adapted 3- session individual emotion regulation skills training intervention to be implemented concurrently with PE which consists of initial teaching/instruction and brief skills review for the remainder of PE treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Georgia State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wendy Muzzy, MRA, MLIS · Medical University of South Carolina

  • Amanda Gilmore, PhD · Georgia State University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-16
Primary Completion
2024-01-19
Completion
2024-01-19

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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